TECH - A Guide to the Politics and Philosophy of Technology

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What is it?

So what is technology? Easy: it’s computers and hovercraft and steam engines and cyborgs and remotely operated sex toys and stuff, right? Well yes, but actually it’s not so easy. Although extremely common, the term ‘technology’ is not as well defined as its usage might suggest [1]. The difficulty in finding a satisfactory definition means that some critical writers on the subject prefer to always refer to specific technologies or technological processes, rather than technology as an abstract concept. 19


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