Sixth Law: Technology is a very human activity—and so is the history of technology.
Sixth Law: Technology is a very human activity—and so is the history of technology.
The irony here is that to be technological is to be profoundly human. Humanity controls its fate by using tools and materials to survive and to self-realize. The human species developed by gradually accumulating complex, adaptive technologies passed on through cultural transmission, giving us essential tools. Not only does human life and survival d... See more
Saffron Huang • To be a Technologist is to be Human — Letters to a Young Technologist
Perhaps the most important insight is this: when we criticize our technology, we’re really criticizing ourselves. And when we try to imagine better systems, we’re really trying to imagine better ways of being human.
Joan Westenberg • The Original Sin of Everything
‘Technology’, she wrote, ‘is the active human interface with the material world.’