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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.
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Category Archives: Feeling Clearly
Transitory Transcendence
Fall colours: Take two (and you’ll feel way better in the morning). Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Photos of Flora, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Trees, Weather
8 Comments
Happy New Year!
Go, Marvin! Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Musings
Tagged Aging, Community, Exercise
8 Comments
While the Sun Doesn’t Shine
Make knitting while the sun doesn’t shine? Continue reading
Be Careful
It’s a big world, and it isn’t fixable. Sometimes — many times — it seems that I can’t do anything at all about its problems. But that’s not true.
New. But Normal?
A small course correction? Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, New Perspectives, Politics and Policy
Tagged Attitudes, Citizenship, Community
6 Comments
Best Baby Photo Ever
The details are fuzzy but the outline is clear. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, New Perspectives, Photos of People
Tagged Attitudes, Community, Family
6 Comments
Just Ask
Stardust and barn rust and wrinkles. Continue reading
One Planet, One People
An aspiration and a reality. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Thinking Broadly, Through History
Tagged Community, Culture
6 Comments
Scandithaivian
All the ways to see. Continue reading