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An essay by Lorenzo Colombani.
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Behind the argument
This essay follows the tension between extending a human ability and becoming dependent on the tool that extends it. Writing, printing, calculators and AI supply its historical examples.
Lorenzo brings Kranzberg’s account of technological context together with Michel Puech’s idea of human, technological and environmental co-evolution. The argument calls for thoughtful adaptation rather than panic or automatic enthusiasm.
Reading notes
Socrates’s concern about writing becomes a starting point for asking which abilities a technology supports and which may receive less practice.
The essay asks who has access, how widely a tool is used and which ethical questions follow. Its conclusion favours responses shaped for the current context rather than recycled solutions.