The Questions Concerning Technology An Essay by L.M. Sarcasas theconvivialsociety.substack.com What sort of person will the use of this technology make of me? What will the use of this technology encourage me to notice? Does the use of this technology bring me joy? What limits does the use of this technology impose upon me? Upon what systems, technical or human, does my use of this technology depend? Are these systems just? technologyethicscollections
Washi An Essay from The Beauty of Everyday Things by Yanagi Sōetsu Handmade washi (traditional Japanese paper) is replete with appeal. Looking at it, touching it, fills me with an indescribable sense of satisfaction. The more beautiful it is, however, the more difficult it is to put to use. Only a master of calligraphy could possibly add to its beauty; it is exquisite just as it is. This is wonderfully strange, for it is merely a simple material. Yet plain and undecorated as it is, it is alive with nuanced beauty. Good washi makes possible our most ambitious creative dreams. To deprecate beauty itself material
To deprecate beauty itself One can gain a glimpse of the quality of a people’s life by the kind of paper they use for writing letters, for literary works, and for various other tasks. Paper should not be deprecated. To do so is to deprecate beauty itself. paperwritingbeautylife