Summary Of Dennis Baron's From Pencils

In Dennis Baron’s “From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technology,” he proclaims that historically, technology has gone through a cycle from initial fear to acceptance into society. He illustrates this claim with specific examples that give insight how technology has been authenticated and integrated.
The availability of a new technology is only for a few groups of people—namely the part of society it is intended for and the richer families who can afford it. Take the pencil, for example; it was invented for woodworkers, as its graphite did not leave indentions on the wood. Then, it became available to artists, researchers, monks.
Society initially fears a new technology until it has “authentication.” Baron demonstrates this fear