Technology does not drive change

October 26, 2019

«It’s my belief that technology does not drive change.
Technology merely enables changes.
It creates options and opportunities
that as individuals and as communities and as entire cultures
we choose to exploit.
And it’s our response to the technologies that drive change.
In other words, first we invent our technologies
and then we use our technologies to reinvent ourselves».
– Paul Saffo, technology forecaster

games, gamification and rpg

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architecture, engineering and construction

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books and literature

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