• Social Shaping of Technology

    BACK: Sociology of Scientific Knowledge The ‘Social Shaping of Technology’ Perspectives Can we talk about technology in the same way that we’ve been discussing science–with paradigms, revolutions, sociological factors? Typically one way this plays out is to think about technology as a set of black boxes, where people don’t understand...

  • Sociology of Scientific Knowledge (SSK)

    BACK: Science as a Social Process David Bloor David Bloor’s Knowledge and Social Imagery (1976) suggests that all the ways that we’ve been viewing thus far is “weak,” in the sense that isn’t very useful for understanding the social dynamics between science and technology. The stratification and Merton’s Norms and...

  • Science as a Social Process

    BACK: Views of Technology Introduction This is something that we’re living in now! What are the social processes and norms associated with science? These are the norms that we use to reward and associate with researchers, careers, etc. Recall Merton’s functionalist sociology of science. There’s norms of behavior that guide...

  • Views of Technology

    BACK: Views of Science Introduction The way that Kuhn describes paradigms feels that it only applies to large concepts, big scientific ideas. However, we argue here, that this notion of paradigms can also be applied to technologies–our artifacts and tools that we use to extend our body and help us...

  • Views of Science

    BACK: Introduction Introduction What’s the definition of science? As we study this, we can see that there really isn’t one solid definition for the term. It seems to be changing over and over, other than the raw aspect of making sense of the world around us. But people viewed science...

  • Introduction to the Study of Science, Technology, Society

    BACK: Hist Table of Contents Introduction Does technology shape society or does society shape technology? Who’s in charge? Technological Determinism We define technological determinism as an independent factor impacting on society from the outside. This is a huge argument. It suggests that society and people are in no way control...

  • Git Cheat Sheet

    BACK: Navigation Undoing a local commit git commit -m "I committed something I wasn't supposed to, oops" oops git reset HEAD~ I think this resets the HEAD back to where it is on the remote (ie all the local changes you just made)? Resetting Local Changes git reset <SHA> preserves...

  • Good Food

    BACK: Navigation Sacramento/Elk Grove Satori’s Sushi Elk Grove Roll. Always. Sesame Chicken Udon, chicken on the side. Akebono Champon Ramen–Spicy! Unaten Roll Lollibowl The A1. Cubed beef with red rice, I don’t remember the actual name Jade Fountain Jook. (Porridge) Everything is good here. Bon Chon 30 piece wings, half...