Toward a Constructive Criticism

Question 4: What is missing from technology criticism today? What are the features of constructive technology criticism?

In this final section of the report, I build on my research findings to argue that technology criticism is capable of accomplishing much more, even if it falls short of dismantling the larger economic and political context that is the foundation of today’s technological society. The foundations of a constructive technology criticism would acknowledge the full spectrum of contributions to the critical discourse, not only from recognized Critics but from other sources as well. From the subtle, to the cultural, to the radical, constructive technology criticism can take many forms with varying contributions toward differing ends.