Jake RaysonOct 8, 2023

The Real World of Technology by Ursula Franklin is a brilliant lecture series and book, way ahead of its time (1989 & 1999)

This thread is for the quotes I find useful for my #Community #ForestGarden #CommunityAssembly work.

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https://archive.org/details/the-real-world-of-technology

https://archive.org/details/realworldoftechn0000fran_u9w8/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Franklin

#anthropology #design #science #technology #commons #capitalism #corporations #UrsulaFranklin

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The Real World of Technology : Ursula Franklin : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

These are recordings of Ursula Franklin's public lectures that she made as part of the 1989 Massey Lectures series. The recordings were broadcast by the...

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Show threadJake RaysonOct 8, 2023

“Prescriptive technologies constitute a major social invention. In political terms, prescriptive technologies are _designs for compliance_.“

The Real World of Technology pp16

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“prescriptive technologies are often exceedingly effective and efficient, they come with an enormous social mortgage. The mortgage means that we live in a culture of compliance, that we are ever more conditioned to accept orthodoxy as normal”

The Real World of Technology pp17

#UrsulaFranklin

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Show threadJake RaysonOct 10, 2023

“Any tasks that require caring, whether for people or nature, any tasks that require immedieate feedback and adjustment, are best done holistically”

The Real World of Technology pp17

#UrsulaFranklin

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Show threadJake RaysonOct 10, 2023

“Now may be the time take machine demography seriously and enter into real discussion about *machine* population control”

The Real World of Technology pp25

#UrsulaFranklin

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