Practice question · Multiple choice
Ride-sharing apps operated for years in cities whose taxi regulations predated smartphones. Ogburn would call this…
Hints
- The technology arrived; what arrived late?
- Norms and law trail the gadget.
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B. Cultural lag
Why
Textbook cultural lag: the material culture (GPS phones, payment platforms) moved in months; the adaptive culture (licensing law, labor categories, insurance) took a decade of court cases to catch up. Businesses in the lag zone live in regulatory limbo, profitably, and precariously.
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