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David Edwin Nye. (1952-2001). American-Danish historian, writer, and Professor.

Machines Not Autonomous

“...machines are not autonomous. Particular corporations and individuals were responsible for irrigating the West, lighting the world's fair, installing computers in factories, or mining coal, iron ore, and other resources.”
  • Source: A book. Written by David E. Nye. Entitled 'Narratives and Spaces'. Published in 1997 by Univerity of Exeter Press, Exeter, UK. Hardback ISBN 0-85989-555-6. Paperback ISBN 0-85989-556-4. Introduction, page 2.
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Unanticipated Consequences

“The combined choices of inventors, entrepreneurs, and consumers create unanticipated cultural consequences. Because no single individual or institution wills certain changes, they are often mistaken for attributes of the machine itself... Machines are human-directed agents of cultural change.”
  • Source: A book. Written by David E. Nye. Entitled 'Narratives and Spaces'. Published in 1997 by Univerity of Exeter Press, Exeter, UK. Hardback ISBN 0-85989-555-6. Paperback ISBN 0-85989-556-4. Introduction, pages 2-3.
Keywords: Machine_quotes Combine_quotes Choice_quotes Inventor_quotes Entrepreneur_quotes Consumer_quotes Create_quotes Unanticipated_quotes Culture_quotes Consequence_quotes Individual_quotes Institution_quotes Change_quotes Mistake_quotes Attribute_quotes Human_quotes Direct_quotes Agent_quotes

Technology Contested

“Technologies are contested terrains. World's fairs, spectacular lighting, and media events all have changed in response to shifting public tastes. Americans had divided reactions to the Apollo Space Program, and they created divergent narratives to understand computers, the electrification of society, and the meanings of energy sources. Technologies are contested, and a close reading of such events... reveals not hegemonic control but a welter of meanings. The public understands technology not as one-dimensional agents of change, but as both enabling and disabling innovations.”
  • Source: A book. Written by David E. Nye. Entitled 'Narratives and Spaces'. Published in 1997 by Univerity of Exeter Press, Exeter, UK. Hardback ISBN 0-85989-555-6. Paperback ISBN 0-85989-556-4. Introduction, page 3.
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History Not Rhetorical

“Yet it does not follow that historical arguments should be regarded as rhetorical exercises. To say that the past is not perfectly knowable does not make it infinitely malleable.”
  • Source: A book. Written by David E. Nye. Entitled 'Narratives and Spaces'. Published in 1997 by Univerity of Exeter Press, Exeter, UK. Hardback ISBN 0-85989-555-6. Paperback ISBN 0-85989-556-4. Introduction, page 7.
Keywords: History_quotes Argument_quotes Regard_quotes Exercise_quotes Past_quotes Perfect_quotes Knowledge_quotes Infinite_quotes Malleable_quotes

Farm Production Too Much

“The fundamental problem was that farmers produced too much, driving down prices. New technologies, such as tractors, trucks, harvesting equipment, and electrical machinery, made it possible for each farmer to raise more.”
  • Source: A book. Written by David E. Nye. Entitled 'Narratives and Spaces'. Published in 1997 by Univerity of Exeter Press, Exeter, UK. Hardback ISBN 0-85989-555-6. Paperback ISBN 0-85989-556-4. Chapter 3, page 45.
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Rugged Engineer

“Well before World War I, the engineer emerged as a rugged individualist, the man of action (the profession was overwhelmingly male) who overcame obstacles, put theories into practice, and ensured material progress.”
  • Source: A book. Written by David E. Nye. Entitled 'Narratives and Spaces'. Published in 1997 by Univerity of Exeter Press, Exeter, UK. Hardback ISBN 0-85989-555-6. Paperback ISBN 0-85989-556-4. Chapter 5, page 81.
Keywords: World_quotes War_quotes Engineer_quotes Emerge_quotes Rugged_quotes Individualist_quotes Man_quotes Profession_quotes Overwhelm_quotes Male_quotes Overcame_quotes Obstacle_quotes Theory_quotes Practice_quotes Ensure_quotes Material_quotes Progress_quotes

Computers and Postmodernism

“The computerization of society was simultaneous with the cultural movement known as postmodernism. A precise definition will probably ever elude us, not least because it has been continually redefined by critics since the late 1940s.”
  • Source: A book. Written by David E. Nye. Entitled 'Narratives and Spaces'. Published in 1997 by Univerity of Exeter Press, Exeter, UK. Hardback ISBN 0-85989-555-6. Paperback ISBN 0-85989-556-4. Chapter 10, page 162.
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Programmers Perfectionists

“A single error in a program thousands of lines long prevented it from running correctly, and computer programmers became known as a fanatically exact group of perfectionists, working in an arcane specialty. Sociologists studying the ‘man-machine' interface found that a programmer's personality often changed after prolonged exposure to the computer, becoming severely logical and machine-like.”
  • Source: A book. Written by David E. Nye. Entitled 'Narratives and Spaces'. Published in 1997 by Univerity of Exeter Press, Exeter, UK. Hardback ISBN 0-85989-555-6. Paperback ISBN 0-85989-556-4. Chapter 10, page 164.
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Worker Control Obsolete

“Highly computerized corporations simply do not attempt to separate information from skill, nor do they find it profitable to control workers in the same ways as before. Such practices and the kind of alienation they involved, belong to a previous epoch.”
  • Source: A book. Written by David E. Nye. Entitled 'Narratives and Spaces'. Published in 1997 by Univerity of Exeter Press, Exeter, UK. Hardback ISBN 0-85989-555-6. Paperback ISBN 0-85989-556-4. Chapter 10, page 171.
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Postmodernism and Cyberspace

“Postmodernism is the inverted face of a production and consumption system in transition; the hallmark of that transition is the creation of an entirely new realm: cyberspace.”
  • Source: A book. Written by David E. Nye. Entitled 'Narratives and Spaces'. Published in 1997 by Univerity of Exeter Press, Exeter, UK. Hardback ISBN 0-85989-555-6. Paperback ISBN 0-85989-556-4. Chapter 10, page 175.
Keywords: Postmodernism_quotes Invert_quotes Face_quotes Production_quotes Consumption_quotes System_quotes Transition_quotes Hallmark_quotes Creation_quotes Entire_quotes Realm_quotes Cyberspace_quotes

Technology Unexpected Outcomes

“Technologies lead to unexpected outcomes.”
  • Source: A book. Written by David E. Nye. Entitled 'Narratives and Spaces'. Published in 1997 by Univerity of Exeter Press, Exeter, UK. Hardback ISBN 0-85989-555-6. Paperback ISBN 0-85989-556-4. Chapter 11, page 179.
Keywords: Technology_quotes Lead_quotes Unexpected_quotes Outcome_quotes

Technology Agent of Doom

“[An] apocalyptic narrative depicts new technologies (e.g., nuclear power) as agents of doom.”
  • Source: A book. Written by David E. Nye. Entitled 'Narratives and Spaces'. Published in 1997 by Univerity of Exeter Press, Exeter, UK. Hardback ISBN 0-85989-555-6. Paperback ISBN 0-85989-556-4. Chapter 11, page 179.
Keywords: Technology_quotes Apocalyptic_quotes Narrative_quotes Depict_quotes New_quotes Nuclear_quotes Power_quotes Agent_quotes Doom_quotes

People Demand Speed

“People demand speed and immediacy, a maximum of experience in a minimum of time.”
  • Source: A book. Written by David E. Nye. Entitled 'Narratives and Spaces'. Published in 1997 by Univerity of Exeter Press, Exeter, UK. Hardback ISBN 0-85989-555-6. Paperback ISBN 0-85989-556-4. Chapter 11, page 185.
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Infinitely Malleable

“The internet continued that process of abstraction, creating an infinitely malleable world. The next step is virtual reality.”
  • Source: A book. Written by David E. Nye. Entitled 'Narratives and Spaces'. Published in 1997 by Univerity of Exeter Press, Exeter, UK. Hardback ISBN 0-85989-555-6. Paperback ISBN 0-85989-556-4. Chapter 11, page 187.
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Unable To Control

“Human beings prove unable to control the technologies they unleash.”
  • Source: A book. Written by David E. Nye. Entitled 'Narratives and Spaces'. Published in 1997 by Univerity of Exeter Press, Exeter, UK. Hardback ISBN 0-85989-555-6. Paperback ISBN 0-85989-556-4. Chapter 11, page 188.
Keywords: Human_quotes Being_quotes Prove_quotes Unable_quotes Control_quotes Technology_quotes Unleash_quotes

Not All Unintended

“In practice, not all technologies have unintended consequences.”

  • Source: A book. Written by David E. Nye. Entitled 'Narratives and Spaces'. Published in 1997 by Univerity of Exeter Press, Exeter, UK. Hardback ISBN 0-85989-555-6. Paperback ISBN 0-85989-556-4. Chapter 11, page 188.
Keywords: Technology_quotes Practice_quotes Unintended_quotes Consequence_quotes

Technology Fate

“Technology easily becomes the modern word for fate.”

  • Source: A book. Written by David E. Nye. Entitled 'Narratives and Spaces'. Published in 1997 by Univerity of Exeter Press, Exeter, UK. Hardback ISBN 0-85989-555-6. Paperback ISBN 0-85989-556-4. Chapter 11, page 188.
Keywords: Technology_quotes Easy_quotes Modern_quotes Word_quotes Fate_quotes
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