what buttons want
Ned O’Gorman, in his response to my 79 theses, writes: Of course technologies want. The button wants to be pushed;...
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designer deaths
Death is such a bummer, but you know, that’s just a design problem: Bennett’s fixation on death began with the...
rebel tech
Electronic technologies are seeking to escape my control — and they are largely succeeding! This must stop. Take...
the devil’s bargain: part 2
inc.com I promised a follow-up to my previous post, so here I am. In this post and the next I want to discuss two...
report from the Luddite kingdom
What world does Michael Solana live in? Apparently, a world where Luddites have taken power and have driven our kind...
the geeks inherit the earth
Emily Bell recently argued that some hot new tech/journalism/etc. companies that are positioning themselves as radical...
theological theses on technologies of knowledge
These thoughts were originally formulated in the context of a faculty seminar at Wheaton College on theology and...
Carr on automation
If you haven’t done so, you should read Nick Carr’s new essay in the Atlantic on the costs of automation....
questioning cultural artifacts
Some years ago I came across a document called “Seventy-Six Reasonable Questions to Ask about Any Technology.” If...