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Technology Theory
An annotated collection of 2 books on technology theory, spanning 2009 to 2010. Featuring works by W. Brian Arthur, Kevin Kelly — each with editorial commentary oriented to digital product practice.
The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves
W. Brian Arthur, 2009 · Free Press
Technologies are not invented from scratch; they evolve by combining with one another. Every technology is an assemblage of earlier technologies, and innovations arise from recombinations, not isolated inspirations. Arth…
What Technology Wants
Kevin Kelly, 2010 · Viking Press
Technology as a force with tendencies of its own: toward decentralisation, accessibility, complexity, diversity. Kelly argues that the technium — the total system of technologies — has a direction, and that organisations…