Abstract
In a world not so long ago, it was a common belief that humanism and technology belonged
to different worlds. Such thinking was embodied in the well-known book The two cultures
and the scientific revolution, by C. P. Snow (1959). In his terms, these two disciplines are
distinct and do not relate much to each other. In the nearly half century since Snow penned
his treatise, however, more and more people are coming to see that the discourses about and
within the technology fields and the humanistic fields are not separated by such high a wall—
or even a wall at all. In the past decade, abundant research has pointed to the value—indeed,
the need—for technology to be continually influenced by humanistic ideals. As a result,
technologies of diverse purposes are slowly becoming more human-centered and humans are
finding new ways to view and use technology.