technology-impact
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Technology Impact Analysis (McLuhan Tetrad)
Purpose
Systematically analyze the societal impacts of technologies using McLuhan's Tetrad of Media Effects. Examines what technology enhances, obsoletes, retrieves, and reverses to reveal non-obvious consequences.
Core Framework: The Tetrad
Every technology simultaneously has four effects:
| Effect | Question | What It Reveals |
|---|---|---|
| Enhancement | What does it amplify? | Primary capabilities increased |
| Obsolescence | What does it displace? | What becomes less relevant |
| Retrieval | What does it bring back? | Historical patterns revived |
| Reversal | What does it become when pushed to extreme? | Paradoxical consequences |