Parix Marx just posted this to Bluesky, and I want more people to read it: Ursula K. Le Guin, "A Rant about 'Technology'."
Short version: "technology" includes anything that doesn't grow on a plant or can't be pulled off the ground, and that's important.
attn Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)
https://www.ursulakleguin.com/a-rant-about-technology
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