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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: Community
Free at Last, Lord?
Feeding a small multitude. Continue reading
Rainy-Day Problems
Yes, it really is a maintenance-without-end world. Continue reading
Two Yards
How to live across from each other. Continue reading
All in This Together
Birds and bees and flowers and trees. Well, two outta four. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Flora, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Community, Insects, Trees
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No-splash Zone
What are we doing here, anyway? Continue reading
Readier for
One in a series on being ready to respond effectively in an emergency. Continue reading
Dux De-lux
Bird-brained: maybe not the insult it seems to be. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Fauna, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Birds, Bridges, Citizenship, Community
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Redux: Ready for. Ready to.
Lao Tzu, mathematics, psychology, and CPR classes. Continue reading
It’s Raining
No, not literally, at least not in Arizona. Would that it were. Continue reading