Paul Kingsnorth: science can never replace the mythic
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers
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The Myth of Development
It's quite often an elite view that these more simple things are desirable, he says. To someone who is coming out of poverty, say, rural poverty, the invention of a flushing toilet or technology can feel incredibly exciting and liberating. But there's a difference between an appropriate technology that makes somebody's life better and a technology that sucks them into a matrix of control. It's not a conversation about how technology gives you wealth, otherwise you have to be poor; it's really a conversation about power and control.
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