juergen@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoI'm Tired of Pretending Tech is Making the World Betterwww.joanwestenberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square192linkfedilinkarrow-up1630arrow-down130
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minus-squaremeyotch@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI think a clear distinction to make might be: “Tech” as used in this sense is the industrial complex around mobile and web technologies dominated by a few players who might just be evil. “Technology” is, of course, everything you mentioned and more. A rock that fits nicely in your hand becomes technology when used to crack a coconut. It’s a weird linguistic murkiness, isn’t it?
minus-squarehsdkfr734r@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThe field of language, the meaning of words in different contexts… Communication in general, they wrote books over books about it… Yes. Murky. :)
I think a clear distinction to make might be:
“Tech” as used in this sense is the industrial complex around mobile and web technologies dominated by a few players who might just be evil.
“Technology” is, of course, everything you mentioned and more. A rock that fits nicely in your hand becomes technology when used to crack a coconut.
It’s a weird linguistic murkiness, isn’t it?
The field of language, the meaning of words in different contexts… Communication in general, they wrote books over books about it…
Yes. Murky. :)