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This 3 page paper looks at this novel by Stephenson and how it impacts one's philosophy of technology. Various issues regarding the problems of technology are explored. No additional sources cited.
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about the future as well as how technology is being used in the present. Many ideas emerge in society in general about the positive and negative effects of technology. People
who hang on to their 8 Track tapes for example and avoid new technology, often imagine terrible things happening with advances. For example, in the world of birth and death
and the medical knowledge out there, many suppose that people should avoid life saving measures. People end up on life support for many years and this is not good for
society. At what point does one pull the plug? Similarly, in terms of birth matters, there are babies saved who weigh just a pound or two who will have lifelong
problems. It is said that nature takes care of these things with miscarriage and that going above and beyond what God wants is dangerous. And then there are the robot
movies where computers take on human characteristics and get out of control. Is this the society people want? In Stephensons work, there is attention to nanotechnology as that is the
focus of the piece, but there is also attention to social status. Indeed, the primer that was intended for someone of a higher social class ended up in the hands
of a poor girl. It was actually stolen by her brother who associated with a bad crowd. It is important to note that the primer is very special. In one
part of this novel, someone asked if it were possible to make copies, and the reply was in the affirmative, and that Hackworth could even make changes to it for
cultural reasons, and added: "But it will take some time" (Stephenson 180). The primer is quite relevant and quite a magical book. Its can conceivably have both positive and
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