the interpretation of a technology is a matter of hermeneutics--we have to find out what the technology means to its users if we are to understand it
Defined merely as the capacity to affect others, power is an anodyne concept, lacking sufficient purchase to single out significant instances as important.
this is kind of a weird way of using anodyne (very divorced from its original meaning) but I can sort of see it
Hegemony is secured through a strategic politics aimed at prestructuring social practices in line with the interests of one's one group.
We are limited by mortality, illness and impediments set by the physical world. Technology is one response to this antinomical situation.
vegetarians are presented with endless vegetarian agitprop
