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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
The Disorientation Express
Sometimes the weirdest part of the flight happens on the ground. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives
Tagged Trains & Boats & Planes
8 Comments
Scenes from the Left Coast
Travel, see new stuff. Repeat. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Flora, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Beaches, Flowers, Food & Drink, Mammals, Science, Trees
9 Comments
Long Periods of Boredom
Steady as she goes, until she doesn’t. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Attitudes, Birds, Culture
11 Comments
Death by Category
There are limits to the behaviour that a civilized society can accommodate. Continue reading
Excavations Ahoy!
The moral of the tale? Think before you file. Or burn the house down every 10 years. Continue reading
Home
The Bunny Report. Continue reading
Bunny & C.S. Lewis
More thoughts on Bunny’s unauthorized side-trip. Continue reading
Bunny & Tigger
When planning is over-rated. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Community, Family
6 Comments
The Light Shines . . .
More baseball adventures. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Miscellany, Skies
9 Comments