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If I have a worry, it's not  a failure of technology, it's more a failure of craft. As we have replaced lower level technologies with new improved energy dependant technologies,  we have lost the knowledge of how to do things without the energy input.

My worry is that we are facing the future something like Wylie E Coyote and at some point we will have  run over the edge of the cliff and be standing in midair without the tools to work back up from a lower level.

that's at the limits of technofear though.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Sep 24th, 2007 at 11:05:10 AM EST
As we have replaced lower level technologies with new improved energy dependant technologies,  we have lost the knowledge of how to do things without the energy input.

That much is obvious. De Anander's frequently refers to the issue making it sound as if it had been an intentional top-down decision made by technocrats to destroy existing knowledge of low-tech crafts.

Oye, vatos, dees English sink todos mi ships, chinga sus madres, so escuche: el fleet es ahora refloated, OK? — The War Nerd

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Sep 24th, 2007 at 11:16:18 AM EST
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I tend to think it's more down to inherrant human laziness, the power of quantity over quality, and the low status given to teachers more than any specific technocratic conspiracy.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Sep 24th, 2007 at 11:26:47 AM EST
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