Schatzberg's law: new technologies are never revolutionary in themselves, but they can provide tools for revolutionaries. Technology is an expression of human values, both good and bad, of the desire to create and of the urge to destroy, of love and hate, of peace and war.
Areas of Expertise
- Critiques of Technology
- History of Technology
- Nature of Expertise
Biography
Schatzberg brings an engineering background to his work as a historian of technology that helps inform his deep understanding of the nature of technology and our sometimes enthusiastic, sometimes ambivalent, relationship with it.
The author of Technology: Critical History of a Concept, Schatzberg is an expert in the history and nature of technology, the history of industrialization, and the nature of expertise in a complex, technological society.
He can comment on stories involving technological enthusiasm or anxiety, critiques of technology, and many other queries related to the history and nature of technology.
Books
Media Appearances
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How the Race to the Moon—With an Assist From Pop Culture—Changed the Meaning of the Word 'Technology' | Fast Company
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Want to Fix the Tech Industry? Start With the Humanities | Washington Post
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The Art and Science of ‘Technology’ | Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
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