What Is Modern About...?
Please answer the following questions about the examples below:
- Are these examples of modern technology? If so, think of a contrast (i.e., modern as opposed to what? Pre-modern? Traditional? Postmodern?)
- Are there differences within the examples, and if so, what are they (e.g., "modern" vs. "some other kind" of city)
- What does it mean for technology to be modern? It is simply "new and improved"? "Current"? How could technology fit into a modern way of understanding the world?
The steam engine
The cell phone
Virtual reality (simulation)
For more, see the list located here