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Quote of the Week
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 18Or check out this TEDxSF by Kelly.
Music of the Week
Author Archives: Isabel Gibson
Step In, Stand Back
What’s the right view? Continue reading
Making Better Software
Metaphorical software, honest. Continue reading
Cornered!
Do you suppose the designers know what they did? Continue reading
Memories and Photos
First photos from the American SW. Missing: a Gila woodpecker hanging from the hummingbird feeder but who moved too fast for me. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Birds, Flowers, Mammals
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A Modest Proposal
What other 1582 innovations do we still use, unmodified? Riddle me that. Continue reading
Rocking-chair Pad Face
Another mystery face. Continue reading
But, And Yet
New Year’s towels. Really. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, How it Started
Tagged Attitudes, Miscellany
8 Comments
Heron and Cranes
Occupying different ecological niches. Continue reading
SUV Reflection
A treasure from the parking lot of a Tex-Mex restaurant. Continue reading