The 7 Questions For Any Technological Idea

From Neil Postman’s lecture On Culture’s Surrender to Technology:

What is the problem that this new technology solves?
Who’s problem is it?
What new problems do we create by solving this problem?
Which people and institutions will be most by a technological solution?
What changes in language occur as the result of technological change?
Which shifts in economic and political power might result when this technology is adopted?
What alternative uses might be made of a technology?