RE: If Cultural Appropriation is Wrong, What About Technological Appropriation?
I think that the disgust for cultural appropriation has a lot to do with the disgust that many people feel when they are ridiculed or misrepresented by others. On technological appropriation, even though many people could feel that other people using things that their culture invented is disrespectful, I think that it is not such a strong phenomenon.
In fact, many people feel pride when others use what they have developed. It is not so much when people steal designs and such. That is the reason why patents were invented in the first place. So it would depend on the exactitude of the representation, the intention of the initial invention (Was it for profit and was it patented? Did the person intend to hold copyright on the whole invention and technological intention?)
Interesting insights. However these statements:
...seem subjective to me and difficult to determine the commonality of. I personally don't feel that way or think most people feel that way. Do you have polling data supporting your contention?
Yeah, those statements are only representative of my own experience. I have not read about the topic and it's the first time that I read about "technological appropriation".