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An [[innovation]] or recently-contrived contraption about which [[thought-leader]]s make grandiose claims, but which does not yet work. ''Bad'' technology. | An [[innovation]] or recently-contrived contraption about which [[thought-leader]]s make grandiose claims, but which does not yet work. ''Bad'' technology. | ||
It is a paradoxical feature of modern life that ''there is no such thing as “good” technology''. Technology that is ''good'' is not | It is a paradoxical feature of modern life that ''there is no such thing as “good” technology''. Technology that is ''good'' is not “technology”. It is ''[[furniture]]''. | ||
Only technology that breaks down, does not come up to brief, disappoints, creates more work than it solves or harbours a coven of [[Rent-extraction|rent-extracting]] parasites (yes, [[software as a service]], we ''are'' looking at you) — that is to say, ''bad'' technology — is ever actually called “technology”. | |||
Hence a paradox: | |||
''Technology == Bad Technology'' | ''Technology == Bad Technology'' |