But it lost to VHS because the movies that people wanted to see were available on VHS but not on Beta. This is an interesting example of a dynamic interaction between technology and society. Because technologies are developed and used for particular purposes by particular persons or groups, we should expect that there will be conflicts with the goals of other persons and groups, and that such conflicts will be the key to understanding many otherwise strange things. According to Webster's Dictionary , politics is the art or science of government, or of influencing government, or of winning or holding control over a government. Therefore the political context is another important aid to understanding any technology.
Workers often form subgroups, which compete with other subgroups and individuals.
Of course, companies compete in the market place.