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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
Category Archives: Appreciating Deeply
National Treasure #150: Barbara Carlson
Artist in many media. Continue reading
Forest Reflection, Vancouver BC
A forest and a windshield come together in an almost disorienting image. Continue reading
National Treasure #149: John McCrae
Soldier, physician, poet. Continue reading
Beach Views, Vancouver BC
One close-up and one far vista. Continue reading
National Treasure #148: Oscar Peterson
One of Canada’s most honoured musicians, Oscar Peterson was widely regarded as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time. A highly accomplished soloist renowned for his remarkable speed and dexterity, meticulous and ornate technique, and dazzling, swinging style, … Continue reading
Western Grebe, Gilbert AZ
An encounter of the first kind with a bird new to me. Continue reading
National Treasure #146: Geological Survey of Canada
Older than Canada. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Through Canada
Tagged Science, Terra Firma
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Gambel’s Quail, Gilbert AZ
An iconic bird of the Sonoran Desert. Continue reading
National Treasure #145: Theodore Witte
Cake decorating tool as inspiration. Continue reading