unit-1-Technology-in-Reverse.ppt

:-)Abouttheauthor2)anization3)QuestionsandDiscussion4)LanguageWork5)(bornDecember23,1945),inNewYorkCityandraisedinnearbyWhitePlains,'sdegreein1967fromHarvardUniversity,,Maryland,withhiswife,,TheBostonGlobe,,,wherehewrotethe"EconomicFocus",untilhelefttowriteforNewsweek.[Samuelsonalsodoesnotvoteinanyelections(betheynational,stateorlocal);mentaryin1993,1986and1983;Loebfinalistin1988forhiscolumnsontheOctober1987WallStreetcrash1981NationalMagazineAwardBooksbySamuelsonTheGoodLifeandItsDiscontents:TheAmericanDreamintheAgeofEntitlementUntruth:WhytheConventionalWisdomIs(AlmostAlways)Wrong)TheGreatInflationandItsAftermath:ThePastandFutureofAmericanAffluenceLead-??anization:Thepassagebeginswiththeauthor’sdefinitionoftheterm“retardedtechnology”thatisexemplifiedbysometechnology--tech