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Eusebeia (Greek: εὐσέβεια from εὐσεβής "pious" from εὖ eu meaning "well", and σέβας sebas meaning "reverence", itself formed from seb-meaning sacred awe and reverence especially in actions) is a Greek word abundantly used in Greek philosophy as well as in Greek translations of texts of Indian religions and the Greek New Testament, meaning to perform the actions ...
An axe made of iron, dating from the Swedish Iron Age, found at Gotland, Sweden: Iron—as a new material—initiated a dramatic revolution in technology, economy, society, warfare and politics. A technological revolution is a period in which one or more technologies is replaced by another new technology in a short amount of time.
Reverence may refer to: Reverence (emotion) a subjective response to something excellent in a personal way Reverence (attitude) , the acknowledgement of the legitimacy of the power of one's superior or superiors
Neo-Luddism or new Luddism is a philosophy opposing many forms of modern technology. [1] The term Luddite is generally used as a pejorative applied to people showing technophobic leanings. [2]
Sociotechnology (short for "social technology") is the study of processes on the intersection of society and technology. [1] Vojinović and Abbott define it as "the study of processes in which the social and the technical are indivisibly combined". [2]
Concerning the essence of technology and how we see things in our technological age, the world has been framed as the "standing-reserve." Heidegger writes, Enframing means the gathering together of that setting-upon which sets upon man, i.e., challenges him forth, to reveal the real, in the mode of ordering, as standing-reserve.
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Appropriate Technology Movement [ edit ] Based on the “intermediate technology” by the economist E. F. Schumacher in his work Small is beautiful , the Appropriate Technology movement encompasses convivial technological choice, to promote characteristics such as autonomy , energy efficiency, decentralization , local production, and ...