<Li> Appropriate technology, sometimes called "intermediate" technology, more of an economics concern, refers to compromises between central and expensive technologies of developed nations and those that developing nations find most effective to deploy given an excess of labour and scarcity of cash . </Li> <Li> Persuasion technology: In economics, definitions or assumptions of progress or growth are often related to one or more assumptions about technology's economic influence . Challenging prevailing assumptions about technology and its usefulness has led to alternative ideas like uneconomic growth or measuring well - being . These, and economics itself, can often be described as technologies, specifically, as persuasion technology . </Li> <Li> Technology acceptance model </Li> <P> The implementation of technology influences the values of a society by changing expectations and realities . The implementation of technology is also influenced by values . There are (at least) three major, interrelated values that inform, and are informed by, technological innovations: </P>

Technology and its impact on society and culture