10. According to Slack and Wise (2007), what is the role of the story in technological culture?

9. What is the “digital sublime” (18)?

8. How do Slack and Wise (2007) clarify evolution as it is connected with technology?

7. Do we have a choice in how technologies progress? Explain your answer.

6. What do Slack and Wise (2007) mean by “post-human[ism]” (16)? Is it possible for people to become post-human?

5. What perspective is presented in the painting “American Progress”? What are some of the limitations of this perspective (ex. Who/what is left out of/devalued by the vision of progress)?

4. What is a challenge facing how culture embodies processes and goals of progress? Provide an example of technological progress that illustrates this challenge.

3. According to Slack and Wise (2007), what is technological progress? What are the subvalues of technological progress?

2. What do Slack and Wise (2007) mean by the statement “culture is ordinary” (4)? How does this relate to our use of technology?

1. How do Slack and Wise (2007) articulate the relationship between technology and culture? What is “technological culture”? Why is this concept important to consider as we work to understand technology?