Desire for power in western culture is built into the ways

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Landes seems to imply that the desire for power in Western culture is built into the ways in which we develop technology, and it is also built into our technologies themselves. Wajcman, on the other hand, attracts attention to discussions of power, which exclude technology, or limit themselves to social technologies. Would Landes' account of power satisfy the conditions set by Wajcman? How does power manifest iteself in the development of technology, beyond the obvious military technologies? Could we include the clock among the objects that exercise power? Please answer in 200 words or less.

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