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The Examined History of technology — complete survey: Rather than memorizing dates, you'll learn to question: What did people need? What did they invent? What did that invention change? Follow technology as a mirror of human desire and limitation.

Discover how human desires shaped every invention. Explore technology's hidden history and what it reveals about who we are.

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Concepts in this course
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Non-Action in Technological Development
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Reversibility and the Limits of Technical Change
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Technological Cascade: Unintended Consequences and Flow
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Temporal Cycles in Technological Systems
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The Complementary Opposition of Tools and Materials
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History of technology — complete survey and the Choices You're Making
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What's Holding You Back with History of technology — complete survey?
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