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Because technological innovation is inextricably linked to processes of social reconstruction, any society that hopes to control its own structural evolution must confront each significant set of technological possibilities with scrupulous care.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Langdon Winner, The Whale and The Reactor (via interazioneinnaturale<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because technological innovation is inextricably linked to processes of social reconstruction, any society that hopes to control its own structural evolution must confront each significant set of technological possibilities with scrupulous care. Langdon Winner, The Whale and The Reactor (via interazioneinnaturale)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[159],"class_list":["post-3504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-video_graphics","tag-man-machine","post_format-post-format-quote"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-Uw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5213,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/07\/institute-of-network-cultures\/","url_meta":{"origin":3504,"position":0},"title":"Institute of Network Cultures","author":"monochromist","date":"March 7, 2011","format":"link","excerpt":"Institute of Network CulturesThe Institute of Network Cultures analyses and shapes the terrain of network cultures from the inside. 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