Biases in Technology: The Case of The Bicycle
By Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
August 2011 EDITORIAL
Most of us are prepared to accept the notion that Science is objective. The application of Science, however, is another story. Technology is driven not only by the matrix of demand and supply, it also springs from cultural biases. Once a new technology has rooted itself, society cannot help but be formed by it. Man may have constructed Machine, but once it’s there, it is Machine that makes Man. Information and Communication Technologies are a case in point. We cannot...
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.
