Imagine this story that might have taken place in the 1880s. A young horse and wagon driver returns from a trip without the cargo that his father asked him to get. The father asks him where the cargo is and the son responds that the horses refused to stop at the right place to pick up the cargo. The father responds, "But, I taught you how to use the reins." The son looks at him and defiantly says… This story might sound like a set up for a joke. But, it is not. The son refuses to acknowledge that if he had used the reins, a form of technology, correctly the horses, perhaps a natural technology in this story, would have had to stop. This brief story might seem silly but how often do people blame technological mistakes on technology?
The Human Element
The Human Element
The Human Element
Imagine this story that might have taken place in the 1880s. A young horse and wagon driver returns from a trip without the cargo that his father asked him to get. The father asks him where the cargo is and the son responds that the horses refused to stop at the right place to pick up the cargo. The father responds, "But, I taught you how to use the reins." The son looks at him and defiantly says… This story might sound like a set up for a joke. But, it is not. The son refuses to acknowledge that if he had used the reins, a form of technology, correctly the horses, perhaps a natural technology in this story, would have had to stop. This brief story might seem silly but how often do people blame technological mistakes on technology?