Technological determinism implies
a. that new technology will always be more expensive
b. that managers must hold engineering degrees
c. that all gains in productivity will come from technology
d. that managers are not responsible if jobs are boring
e. that technology upgrades will be cost-drivers
d
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A. Lynching resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that racial segregation was constitutional. B. Unlike the police, lynch mobs had to operate with limits. C. Less than a quarter of lynch victims were actually accused of rape or attempted rape. D. Lynching was primarily done to protest anti-miscegenation laws.
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