![]() ![]() The technologies that we have available substantially define who we are. But it’s also possible to view it just as things (or, indeed, processes) that enable us to perform tasks more effectively than we could without them. It’s common to think of technology as encompassing only very new, science-intensive things-ones with electronic or digital bits, for instance. Perhaps you think I should have said that I’m surrounded by things, only some of which really count as technology. I’m sitting on a semi-antique wooden chair, though when my back is hurting I tend to switch to a new, expensive ergonomic contraption. In front of me is a wooden bookstand, made for me by a talented friend and festooned with Post-it reminders of things to do (a method I prefer to my digital calendar). Drawers to my left hold cutlery-some modern Chinese-made stainless steel, some Georgian sterling silver. ![]() Nearby is a gas range, a French cast-iron enamelled casserole, and a ceramic teapot. ![]() There is a cordless phone, a microwave oven, and a high-end refrigerator, and I’m working on a laptop. I’m writing in the kitchen, surrounded by technology. We tend to think of technology in futuristic terms, barely noticing many older technologies so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible. ![]()
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