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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
Tag Archives: Buildings
I Don’t Know
Structural perplexity. Continue reading
Disorientation Express: Redux
It’s not just me. Continue reading
Tubs and Ladders
A little bit like snakes and ladders. Sort of. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Buildings, Miscellany
6 Comments
Wonders Brought to Life
It’s good to be in the moment. And to be outside it. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Thinking Broadly, Through History
Tagged Attitudes, Buildings, Technology
10 Comments
Dentists, Cranes, and Optics
It’s good to have some sweet mysteries in life, no? Continue reading
A Singular Vision, Collaboration, or Chance?
However it happened, thank you. Continue reading
More Scenes of Ireland
More miscellaneous Donegal scenes. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Landscapes, Through Space
Tagged Beaches, Bridges, Buildings, Flowers, Skies
8 Comments
Perspective
Photos are made by fools like me . . . Continue reading
This is Why
Look up. Look waaay up. Continue reading