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Jeff Adler
Ex-linguist and occasional contributor to New Books Network. Hosts this episode.
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Mar 30, 2024
• 40min
Robert Willim, "Mundania: How and Where Technologies Are Made Ordinary" (Bristol UP, 2024)
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Robert Willim, author of 'Mundania: How and Where Technologies Are Made Ordinary', and Jeff Adler discuss the concept of Mundania, where extraordinary technologies become ordinary fixtures of life. They explore the integration of technology into daily routines, the design aspects of opacity and transparency, and the sociocultural meanings of mundane technologies. The conversation also touches on technologists' obsession with shaping the future and the interplay between mundane and complex technologies.
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