In the 18th century, the Industrial Revolution was one of several revolutions that overturned society. Mechanical creatures intruded into farms and homes, but still this invasion had no name. Finally, in 1802, Johann Beckmann, an economics professor at Gottingen University gave this ascending force its name [technology] . . . He hoped his outline [a textbook titled Guide to Technology] would become the first course in the subject. It did that and more. It also gave a name to what we do. Once named, we could now see it. Having seen it, we wondered how anyone could not have seen it.
Source:Â Kevin Kelly, What Technology Wants
Posted: 2025 Oct 18
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Nicely captured Isabel.
I am sucker for fern fronds, not sure what it is about them….
Jim – I know! At some level, it doesn’t matter – if we just take pictures of things we like, it will all work out.
I remember having a feast of fiddleheads (well, they look somewhat similar, hence the connection), somewhere in New Brunswick, at a church supper. They were delicious. But I was warned not to eat too many of them. They apparently have an opposite effect to Imodium.
Jim T – OK, thanks – good safety tip.
Very Day of the Triffids. 😀
Barbara – Yes, that’s the other viw of them. Jim R sort of fancies them . . .