Penetrating the fog of technology's social dimensions

This study offers a straightforward message: To gain a meaningful understanding of technology's societal connection, one must first dismantle the intricate complexity that often envelops today's technological enterprises. Growth analysis represents a heuristic device, suitable for setting aside the peripheral and enabling the analyst to focus on key points. In effect, growth analysis sees beyond complexity to grasp the essential points and, in the process, makes the subject under investigation simpler and, therefore, more manageable.