The Informed Preference for Permanence (Principles of Technoskepticism, Part Three)

The Informed Preference for Permanence (Principles of Technoskepticism, Part Three)

Our technological mindset leads to an “enforced impermanence” as the new is always prioritized over the old. The resultant rootlessness and churn contributes to a sense of disequilibrium while keeping us apart from the steadying forces of tradition and wisdom.

By David A. J. Reynolds | March 21, 2018 | Agriculture, Philosophy, Society | Agribusiness, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, C.S. Lewis, Capitalism, Change, Chronological Snobbery, Communism, Connection, Culture, Czechoslovakia, Despoliation, Disequilibrium, Disorientation, Ecology, Edmund Burke, Family Farms, Farming, Fashion, Groundedness, Heritage, History, Impermanence, Inheritance, Inhumanity, Jan Patočka, Machines, Manipulation, Meaning, Michael Hanby, Michael Oakeshott, Modernity, Modernization, Nature, Newness, Obsolescence, Permanence, Presence, Presentism, Productivity, Reality, Roger Kimball, Roger Scruton, Soil, Stability, Standing Reserve, T.S. Eliot, Time, Tradition, Vaclav Havel, Value, Wisdom

The Proud Luddite

The word Luddite has a long history as a derogatory term. But it has little to do with the real history of the Luddites, who seem more relevant than ever.

By Vittorio Bollo | November 8, 2017 | Automation, Economics, Employment, Ethics, Law, Philosophy, Society | Automation, Change, Destruction, Dignity, England, Garment Workers, Hanging, Industrial Revolution, Industry, Inequality, Jobs, Labor, Luddites, Machines, Manufacturing, Ned Ludd, Nottingham, Respect, Riots, Sabotage, Technoskepticism, Textiles, Work

Technology is Not a Tool (Principles of Technoskepticism, Part One)

Before we use any technologies, we submit to a technological way of thinking which alienates us from our environment, our ethics, and ultimately ourselves.

By David A. J. Reynolds | September 20, 2017 | Philosophy, Society | Borgmann, Change, Criticism, Discontentment, Ethics, Heidegger, Technoskepticism, Utopianism