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Chapter 5 Title: Is the Global Infrastructure a Democratic Technology? Quote: “Democracy is a value in the sense that when individuals make claims about the Internet or the GII being democratic…” Expectation: I expect to learn more ideas about the global infrastructure as a democratic technology. I also anticipate learning more about their different meanings. Book Review: It is said that the global infrastructure is often a democratic technology. The goal of this chapter is to explore what are these that might help in approaching the GII. Technology has a big role in our daily lives. The higher the technology is the higher is the growth of the economy. But many scholars said that technology never embodied values and it only highlights that value arise when technology is used. The author gave many ways to explain the embedded values in technology, first is the moral or metaphysical meaning of embedded values. Second, the support meaning of embedded values. Third, the material meaning of embedded values. Last is the expensive meaning of embedded values. The starting place of power and insularity is democracy according to this chapter and it gives power to the majority of people. Finally, the most important in democracy is the idea of joint deliberation. What I have learned: I have learned so many things about democracy in technology and how important is the global technology to us. Integrity Questions:

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What is democracy?

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What is GII? And who are them?

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Global technology, is it a democratic technology?

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What are the different ways of explaining the embedded values in technology?

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What is the starting place for power and insularity? Who will benefit for it?

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What is joint deliberation?

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How important is the global technology?