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tuatoru · 2020-11-26 · Original thread
Very much this.

People need to look at things from a "technology in use" perspective rather than just read press releases about the latest invention.

David Edgerton's The Shock Of The Old[1] is a useful corrective to the gee-whizzery of pieces like the OP. (I'm re-reading it at the moment.)

1. https://www.amazon.com/Shock-Old-Technology-Global-History/d...