One challenge in even beginning to have this conversation is that technology, in the popular imagination, has become associated with a narrow band of often superfluous applications. “Technology” now mostly means social media platforms and wearable gadgets to measure our steps and heart rate. It’s easy to forget that technology includes the irrigation systems essential to feeding the planet and newborn life-support machines. Technology isn’t just a way to store your selfies; it represents access to the world’s accumulated culture and wisdom. Technology is not a niche; it is a hyper-object
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