Jared Diamond Accepting Innovation

In the article “Accepting or Rejecting Innovation” by Jared Diamond, the author’s provides three particular reasons for which society tends to accept or reject new technology. The first reason indicates that new technology won’t make a huge impact in a person’s way of life if is not useful at all. The second reason represents that technology can be accepted if a certain community finds it attractive enough than useful, for instance buying brand clothes. The third reason suggests how a new invention could not interfere with an old one. For example, Diamond discusses how the QWERTY keyboard cannot be replaced by a modern version because users are accustomed to old technology; it also affects the money invested on the old invention. Ultimately

Insinuating that society values more the prestige of any particular brand instead of the quality and the price of a new innovation. I certainly don’t agree with him at this point because he doesn’t mention how the price and quality play a role of his theory. When it comes to brands most of us try to compete to have the best products just to follow the trends or only to feel important. On the other hand, they are some individuals that choose to buy products that fit their budget; it doesn't matter the brand or social value that it has for others. Furthermore, I personally identify myself in this situation, considering that I once bought pricey headphones called Beats by Dr. Dre just to because they looked luxurious and fashionable. In addition, I learned my lesson because after three months the material of the headphones started to fall apart, that made me really disappointed and mad at the same time. Since that day, I decided to buy products that can offer me good quality at a reasonable

Diamond’s article did give specific reasons why people may accept or reject innovation and I found it interesting at the same time. I was not actually aware of some of the factors that Diamond explained through the passage. Honestly, I have to say that the author first point makes a lot of sense. I do support his believe that new technology cannot be accepted if is useless. Although the author last two facts had fairly good examples, I couldn’t agree with Diamond, due to my experience with technology. The author’s second fact points out prestige and how it manages to influence society to choose particular brands. The only problem I had was that the author excluded important factors like quality and price. Lastly, his third point of investment makes a lot of sense, it seems that the article was published in a different era. The era we live on today is based on the use and production of new technology, which makes our lives easier and