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{{a|tech|}}{{d|{{PAGENAME}}|/tɛkˈnɒləʤi/|n|}} | {{a|tech|}}{{d|{{PAGENAME}}|/tɛkˈnɒləʤi/|n|}} | ||
An innovation or recently-contrived contraption about which thought- | 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 '' | 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'' | ||
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*[[Invisible present]] | *[[Invisible present]] | ||
*[[Software as a service]] | |||
*[[Furniture]] | |||