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the entire "STEM Against Science" section is about what he means by "technology" so I am really not convinced you've read the article. > The sciences and mathe
by zemo 7y ago
the entire "STEM Against Science" section is about what he means by "technology" so I am really not convinced you've read the article.
> The sciences and mathematics have a historic place in the curriculum, and technology does not, for the simple reason that the latter is not inherently “about” anything. Absent human contributions on specific topics, cut off from the subject matter of academic work, technology is nothing—an electron microscope without any samples, darkened VR goggles, an empty spreadsheet. Specializing in techne as such means trying to teach people to be good at “making” without having any idea of what to make, or why to make it.
- type0 7y agoI don't have to convince you of anything, that quote is exactly the terrible nonsensical word salad that don't explain his premises. Jumbling all technology as if it is a single phenomenon just makes the author sound high on his own rambling intellectualism. edit: > technology is nothing—an electron microscope without any samples, Pretty sure there's actually not many electron microscopes and quite a lot of samples in schools.