technology-impact
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 |
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