Through technology, the phonograph each circumvented and bolstered the cultural hierarchy current in reside musical performance. But farm size doesn’t appear to elucidate differences in yields and net returns when the technology is adopted. People from this area have produced a relatively small variety of music technology-related publications. Fuel-cell technologies are getting used to generate energy for telecom and industrial customers. Roll-out of the new technology has been dogged by technical problems and secrecy.

There are also subcultures that disapprove of some or most technology, such as self-identified off-gridders. Another distinguished critic of technology is Hubert Dreyfus, who has revealed books corresponding to On the Internet and What Computers Still Can’t Do...