Actor Network Theory

I have read this piece twice and I still do not completely understand the meaning of this theory. The chapter is written as a Q&A interview between a student and professor. The professor seems to be talking in circles and further confusing the student. The Professor describes this theory as a negative explanation to structures or the way things are shaped. It does not set out to explain existing shapes or structures but should be applied to new ideas. There seems to be a big play on words and nothing is as it seems. Maybe that was done on purpose as a way to apply the theory as it is being explained. If it doesn't anything but does explain everything then my guess makes sense. I believe that the purpose of this reading was to encourage thinking outside of the box. It promotes that idea that everything doesn't fit into these perfect structures and can't be easily expected. As I was reading it seemed like every time the student was getting closer to an understanding the professor confused him more. There was a constant challenge to revise his thinking and stop trying so hard to apply this theory. But like the reading said it isn't so easy to throw tradition out the door and try to apply these new concepts. ANT tries to do that but because it is so hard to understnad people don't want to deal with it. Its focus on the "effect" and "following of the actors" leads to a whole other line of thought that we just aren't used to. I can see why it is so hard to apply this theory. Effect is the byproduct of a situation. It would be pretty hard to apply a theory to something that hasn't even happened yet!