technology-impact
Systematically analyze societal impacts of technologies using McLuhan's Tetrad of Media Effects. Use when evaluating new technology, planning technology adoption, or analyzing technology policy.
Profile →npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill technology-impact-jwynia-agent-skills --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Technology Impact Analysis (McLuhan Tetrad) ## Purpose Systematically analyze the societal impacts of technologies using McLuhan's Tetrad of Media Effects. Examines what technology enhances, obsoletes, retrieves, and reverses to reveal non-obvious consequences. ## Core Framework: The Tetrad Every technology simultaneously has four effects: | Effect | Question | What It Reveals | |--------|----------|-----------------| | **Enhancement** | What does it amplify? | Primary capabilities increased | | **Obsolescence** | What does it displace? | What becomes less relevant | | **Retrieval** | What does it bring back? | Historical patterns revived | | **Reversal** | What does it become when pushed to extreme? | Paradoxical consequences | --- ## Core Tetrad Questions ### Enhancement - What capabilities, processes, or tendencies does this technology amplify? - How does enhancement manifest across different contexts? - What are primary and secondary enhancement effects? ### Obsolescence - What existing systems, skills, or practices does it displace? - Which displaced elements might persist in modified forms? - What are the implications of these obsolescences? ### Retrieval - What historical
- Purpose
- Core Framework: The Tetrad
- Core Tetrad Questions
- Enhancement
- Obsolescence
- Retrieval
- Reversal
- Analysis Dimensions
- 1. Domain Analysis
- 2. Stakeholder Impact
- 3. Temporal Analysis
- 4. Systemic Interactions
- Application Process
- 1. Initial Scoping
What does the technology-impact skill do?
Systematically analyze societal impacts of technologies using McLuhan's Tetrad of Media Effects. Use when evaluating new technology, planning technology adoption, or analyzing technology policy.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill technology-impact-jwynia-agent-skills --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, a repository with 534 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.