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: Kevin Kelly, What Technology Wants
Posted: 2025 Oct 18
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Goodness! Couldn’t you go home and wait for a call to pick him up?
Marion – Well, they kinda like you to wait on-site. Indeed, they pretty much insist. If it weren’t a 20-minute drive and if they could better predict their finishing time, they might follow a different protocol.
I tried to post this but your website said it was a duplicate comment.
So I’m adding this at the beginning to fool it.
Goodness! Couldn’t you go home and wait for a call to pick him up?
Marion – This is odd. Someone had trouble with a delayed comment on my proposal site this week.
And there’s the original. That wasn’t there before. Oh well now I’m a spammer.
Marion – Spammer! But an inadvertent one . . .
Sympathy to your covivant. And kudos for finding so much cheer in a chilling situation.
Laurna – I will pass along your sympathies. Now that I can knit I find it’s not too terrible to be stuck somewhere for a while.
Wow! You made very good use of your time! I love your shots.
Judith – Hey! 🙂 Many thanks. A shopping-mall maintenance guy asked me why I was taking photos of signs and such. “Did you have a concern?” Um, no, just taking photos of yellow. He laughed. Thank goodness.
It’s always good to have a back-up CURIOSITY job to do when boredom threatens. Very zen.
Barbara – Yes. And this is why phone-cameras are so wonderful. I often wouldn’t have my good camera with me; I usually remember my phone.