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In his essay "The Question Concerning Technology," Heidegger claims that technology is a
mode of revealing, with modern technology in particular revealing nature as standing-reserve.
Do information technologies like cell phones, social media, and the like, constitute a new mode
of revealing? First, give a brief presentation of Heidegger's analysis of modern technology. Then,
either a) argue that information technology reveals nature in a way other than as standing-reserve
or b) argue that information technology reveals nature in the same way as modern technology
more generally. 500 words, Use MLA or Chicago-Turabian formatting and citation guidelines.
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Heidegger Analysis of the Modern Technology
Hedgger was an influential philosopher in the 20th century. His main critique of
technology that was written in 1995 was very influential such that it was an inspiration to a large
number of ecological thinkers. In his argument concerning technology, he starts by defining
technology as means or a way to an end (Fuchs, 56). He stated that there are two main means
through which things were brought into existence. First, physics, through the contained
capacities in the entity whereby he gave an example of a flower bursting into a bloom. Second, is
through another kind of eternity, an example is a certain painting through an artist. Technology is
basically concerned ...
