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The Technological Society (Jacques Ellul)

The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul

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I just finished the technological society by Chaka law. Great book, Fantastic book, big book. And as I'm reading these books, I highlight a lot a markup a lot.

Episode 140: Shim Theory (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:52:12 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

Dave called it a great, dense, big book and highlighted it heavily. It inspired his idea for a podcast of short readings of the best passages, and he applies Ellul's critique of 'technique' to podcasting.

Not in the audio. Author spelling corrected (transcribed 'Chaka law'/'Aaloo').

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  1. Episode 121: Lawful but Awful (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:39:24 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

    I believe that that there's trade offs with a lot of this technology and maybe I'm, I'm still deep in the weeds on technological society, the Juggalo book,

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  2. Episode 142: Bottom Funnel (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:47:44 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

    This is from the technological society by Jacques Ellul.

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  3. Episode 161: Cooking with Sterno (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:30:24 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

    last year I read the book, the technological society, by Jacques Aaloo.

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