Will the Fourth Industrial Revolution Bring about a Wonderful World?

Summary and Connection to Learning ObjectivesThe Foreward and introduction to, “Will the Fourth Industrial Revolution Bring about a Wonderful World?” in your reader contemplate the role of technology in our social systems. The anthropological readings in Section 2 of the reader also examine our history and how technological tools and artifacts shaped, improved, but also complicated our lives. The lecture on Theories provides information on the framework we have for understanding technology’s impact on our lives through the theories of social constructionism and technological determinism.Discussion Question and Response Requirements (see rubric for explanation of point allocations)Initial Response RequirementsBased on the readings and other materials for Module 1, answer the question, “Will the fourth industrial revolution bring about a wonderful world?” with researched opinion explaining your answer while also connecting your response to one of the technology and society theories (approx. 250 words).1) Answer the above question as yes or no, then explain your response through the critical analysis of at least one reading (other than “Will the fourth industrial revolution bring about a wonderful world?”) in any section of your Technology & Society reader (6 points).2) Use one of the theories of technology and society – social constructionism or technological determinism to provide a framework for your answer; more specifically, please label, define, and explain how you incorporated a theoretical framework into your answer (6 points).PLEASE NOTE: You must post your initial response before you can see any replies.Response to Classmate1) Respectfully agree or disagree with at least one of your classmates. Provide an explanation for your response (approx. 100 words) (5 points).2) OPTIONAL – Keep up the discussion by replying to the classmate who replied to you or to another classmate.Polished WritingBoth your initial response and response to a classmate are grammatically correct, spell checked with properly cited information* with no direct quotes (3 points). *If you are citing an article from your Technology & Society reader, you only need to provide the citation in text (author, date) and not a full reference in APA. For example, if you are citing information from the article, “Managing millennials’ personal use of technology at work”, you would use (Kim, 2019), or According to Kim (2019), …..The date for all articles is 2019 because you are accessing them through your reader which has a publication date of 2019.If you want to practice with your APA formatting to reference an article in your reader, follow this format using the author, title, and page numbers for your specific article:Kim, S. (2019). Managing millenials’ personal use of technology at work. In M. Gemelli, & D. Jackson (Eds.), Technology & society (5th ed., pp. 56-65). McGraw-Hill Education.If you are citing an article outside of the reader, please provide the citation in text and a full reference in APA. Click this resource to help you with formatting in APA. (Links to an external site.)