“Here’s the short and partial answer. There is an intimate link between technology and organized activities. Roughly, a tool…
“Here’s the short and partial answer. There is an intimate link between technology and organized activities. Roughly, a tool (such as a hammer or a computer) is the hub of an organized activity. Technology is not mere stuff. It is the equipment with which we carry on our organized activities. Technologies organize us; properly understood, they are evolving patterns of organization.”— Noë, Alva. Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature. New York, NY: Hill and Wang, 2015.