Vocabulary

Chronological order of examples is important.


      1. Aechulean hand ax
      2. “division of labor,”
      3. segmentation
      4. sequencing
      5. mechanization,
      6. analog clocks
      7. Renaissance,
      8. visual thinking,
      9. Cartesian grid,
      10. automata
      11. “interchangeable parts,”
      12. “The American System of Manufactures,”
      13. zoetrope
      14. telegraph
      15. telephone
      16. time discipline,
      17. "reduce people to their smallest meaningful parts.”
      18. digital clocks,
      19. lasers
      20. Computer viruses
      21. Pacey’s three dimensions of tool use: Technical | Organizational | Metaphorical
      22. bar code reader

What do the above words mean ?

Exaptation

Authors:

The Two Cultures

Pursell | Pacey–World | Postman | Head | Tenner |Pacey–meaning| Eberhart | Snow | Kaku | Boulding | Delillo | Kranzberg

| Postman–Tech | Postman–Television |

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