The premise that social factors are important in the conceptualization, design and deployment of technology, is certainly a worthwhile theme. More and more young people are becoming more and more apprehensive about what the new technology is going to do to the economy and themselves. BUT, since many forms of technology and change have detrimental impacts, resistence to these trends is both desirable and progressive. But even Smith had a better awareness of collective facts than Alcorn does. He identifies three universal laws of systems behaviour.
All systems are synergetic.
Systems are absolutely reciprocal. All Systems seek to achieve and maintain balance. The First Law is entirely correct in both its substance and wording. Unfortunately, Alcorn misconcieves the definition of homeostasis. By this point in the book, I was getting somewhat exasperated.