@vgr would you ever argue that all tech is a response to culture?
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@gregorylent I used to about 10 years ago. Done a 180. History simply does not support that view. - Show replies
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@msutherl long story...I've swung 180 deg from viewing culture as leading to lagging correlate of tech. Also usually 3-4 degrees removedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@msutherl Basically extrapolated form of my future nausea argument. Culture's function (not intent) is to re-anthropomorphize the non-humanThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@msutherl reanthropomorphize = renormalize. Opposite of HHGTTG "total perspective vortex." Tech tugs us to TPV, culture pulls us back.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@msutherl I am saying that anthropological definition is ill-posed. You don't get to "include" non-human in human. Inclusion goes other way.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@msutherl That's the humanist view. I am setting up camp in tech imperative land. Humans are specifically technological.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@msutherl Understanding tech simplifies massively if you view humans as passive channels rather than agents. Geocentric--> heliocentric...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@msutherl "there is no such thing... there's just forces of nature that do or do not work through humans."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@msutherl Agreed, it's humanistic and locked in, qwerty style. Probably impossible to dislodge. Big reason why so many confusions abt itThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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