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 ====== Pursell Reading ======
 ==== What is technology? (How does that definition (or at least the examples of it) change in different eras and places?) ====
 Technology has gone through many phases through the centuries from the railroad all the way down to what women did in the household. That caught my attention the most is that the technology that was discussed in //American Technology// by Carroll Pursell in the first 10 pages, did not all have something to do with electricity or technological advancements that have happened over the years. Just the fact that women in the household being mentioned because of the complicated technological systems that were involved in the household. One of those being cooking that did not only have the designing of the meals that were being made but the specialized energy that was being used by the stoves in the household that women used (p.3). - Hunter Dykhuis
+Within the introduction of Pursell’s American Technology the focus of technology isn’t just singular items that people have made, or advanced, for their use, but rather the history and social aspects of these technologies. Pursell writes in a fashion that makes me believe that technology isn’t just artifacts, but also moments. In class we discussed how certain technologies we’re slow to catch on, or made obsolete, and my take away from Pursell’s introduction is that is shown repeatedly throughout history. - Elizabeth Davis