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1. Chthonic Librarian Socialism (syndikalista@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Saturday, 07-Sep-2019 11:45:45 UTC Chthonic Librarian Socialism

   New book on my "To Read" list: Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life.
   310 pages | 6.00 x 9.00 | © 1984

   Blending social analysis and philosophy, Albert Borgmann maintains that technology creates a controlling pattern in our lives. (1/2)

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     This pattern, discernible even in such an inconspicuous action as switching on a stereo, has global effects: it sharply divides life into labor and leisure, it sustains the industrial democracies, and it fosters the view that the earth itself is a technological device. He argues that technology has served us as well in conquering hunger and disease, but that when we turn to it for richer experiences, it leads instead to a life dominated by effortless and thoughtless consumption.

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     Borgmann does not reject technology but calls for public conversation about the nature of the good life. He counsels us to make room in a technological age for matters of ultimate concern—things and practices that engage us in their own right (3/3)

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     This was offered as an different approach for Design and Technology than from Heidegger.