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we were born to be sign-creators — maanav's thoughts

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I recently read about the origins of the word technology. The word emerged in the seventeenth century to describe the branch of learning concerned with machines. Today, it feels like some mythic force that transforms everything around us. Seeing technology as an agentic force has made it a lot easier for humans to anthropomorphize it. And this makes it even easier to scapegoat. Humans love abstractions that we can scapegoat to justify our decisi…
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Write.as broke the news in on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
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