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Dreaming of Things

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation” — Oscar Wilde Last night I watched The Thing (1982) in a theater. I’d seen the movie a dozen times, but this time was different. Paying for a theater seat is…

The Thing

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Dreaming of Things
Dreaming of Things

Mar 23, 2017

Disconnection

What is it to be disconnected, at a time when we praise connectivity? Is it a reactionary type of isolationism? Is it a regressive anti-social libertarianism? …

History

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Disconnection
Disconnection

Mar 21, 2017

Defining Technology: Clarifications

My previous attempt to define technology as the means of effecting strata and the command of environments was to give a rudimentary framework for the material agency, non-human intentionality, and the expansion of “technology” beyond merely artifacts. There are a number of features I have not yet addressed, including how…

Philosophy

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Defining Technology: Clarifications
Defining Technology: Clarifications

Mar 21, 2017

Who’s Afraid of Technological Determinism?

In my last post, I attempted to provide a definition of technology that laid a framework for what I think are necessary future work in technology studies. Simply put, this definition identified technology as both a means to transform strata, and the act of commanding those environments. It is then…

Ecology

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Who’s Afraid of Technological Determinism?
Who’s Afraid of Technological Determinism?

Mar 11, 2017

Defining Technology

Here I will try to offer a concise and effective definition of technology and several of its features. The difficulty of this comes from technology’s soluble nature. Upon adoption, successful technologies become essential to both worldviews and ways of life. They retreat into obscurity as part of the foundation of…

Philosophy Of Technology

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