Interfacing Technologies
Posted: | Categories: essays | Tags: abstraction, extension, interfaces, philosophy, technology
Here are some notes toward an essay that I would like to structure more, but the more I type the more I find and I’m trying to bring it to a point where I can call it finished and expand on these ideas in other pieces.
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In her rant about technology, Ursula K. LeGuin describes technology as the “active human interface with the world”. She reminds us that technology’s prime function is to interact with our surroundings and that this privilege is not restricted to what she calls “hi tech”:
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