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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
Category Archives: Appreciating Deeply
Defining the Desert
Wasteland or wonderland? Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, New Perspectives, Photos of Flora, Through Space
Tagged Desert, Flowers, Other Plants
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National Treasure #140: Thomas Berger
Maker of hard choices, per his biographer. Continue reading
Helicopter, Tucson AZ
A view from underneath. Continue reading
National Treasure #139: Pierre Berton
Yukoner who never suffered from writer’s block. Continue reading
Wood Ducks, Ladner BC
Quack, quack, wow. Continue reading
National Treasure #138: Rideau Canal
An 1830s marvel of engineering and persistence. Continue reading
National Treasure #137: Terry O’Reilly
Advertising insider. Continue reading
Vehicles, Lowell AZ
Vintage vehicles in ghost town. Continue reading
National Treasure #136: Billy Bishop
William Avery Bishop was born in Owen Sound, Ontario. WWI started in his final year at Royal Military College: He enlisted and was made an officer in the cavalry. After all, he could already ride a horse and shoot. In … Continue reading