Albert Borgmann brought forth this idea of the device paradigm. I haven't been able to completely agree with Borgmann on this topic. How can you state that there is a pattern to modern technology when modern technology follows many different paths in itself?
Our technology today is advancing in some many different ways I cannot comprehend how a paradigm can be established for it.
Borgmann says that the technology behind modern technology has become opaque to the users. Here I do agree with him, but isn't that the pattern with all technology? Wouldn't you think that the other cavemen would stare in amazement at the first wheel? What about the first steam engine? You can bet they did!
No one understands something as soon as it comes out, because its new. If everyone understood everything there would be no inventions as they would have already been done. It takes some new minds to coem up with something, and then 30-50 years down the road people, as they become more adapted in the new technology they understand it.
I will agree with him on the fact that most modern people do not understand the workings of a computer, but the people didn't understand the first train either. Give it time and this knowledge will come as similar knowledge already has.
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