Historical community
"Reasoning alone can offer no precise measure for the level ofpost-industrial effectiveness and techno-logical maturity appropriate to a concrete society. It can only indicate in dimensional terms the range into which these technological characteristics must fit. It must be left to a historical community engaged in its own political process to decide when programming, space distortion, time scarcity and inequality cease to be worth its while." (Ivan Illich, Energy and Equity)
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alibey1917 I couldn't figure out the emphasized phrases, can you help me? We'll see. I think the passage boils down to saying that logic alone can't arrive at exact numbers where these phenomena are concerned.
- alibey1917 I couldn't figure out the emphasized phrases, can you help me?
- We'll see.
- I think the passage boils down to saying that logic alone can't arrive at exact numbers where these phenomena are concerned.
- It can only give a very general outline of the answer, maybe just estimates of the smallest number and biggest number that might be effective.
- Only a real living society will be able to figure out how to balance these factors.
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alibey1917I couldn't figure out the emphasized phrases, can you help me?
We'll see.
I think the passage boils down to saying that logic alone can't arrive at exact numbers where these phenomena are concerned. It can only give a very general outline of the answer, maybe just estimates of the smallest number and biggest number that might be effective.
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