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RamsFan1963

Unbound: How Eight Technologies Made Us Human, Transformed Society, and Brought Our World to the Brink | Richard L Currier

so-so

03/150 The author uses a very broad definition of technology in this book. It covers the creation of spears & digging sticks, the use of fire, clothing & shelter, the development of symbolic communication, agriculture, developments in interaction (transportation), the industrial revolution and the rise of digital information technology. So everything man has ever done fall under his heading. It's interesting, but a bit dispersed. 3.25/5

RamsFan1963 3rd book finished for #JumpStart2024 @Lizpixie and #Readaway2024 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES @Andrew65 4mo

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳Great! 4mo

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 3mo

mandarchy Funny, my dad and I were talking about what was considered technology before the digital age. It's Greek for the systemic treatment of art or craft. 3mo

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Mximlay

Unbound: How Eight Technologies Made Us Human, Transformed Society, and Brought Our World to the Brink | Richard Currier

pick

An interesting read

Haileysbooksandarts

The Economics of Public Issues | Roger LeRoy Miller, Douglass Cecil North, Daniel K. Benjamin

Got to read 5 chapters of this plus a chapter of my other textbook and all I can think about is how I don't really want to do homework and would like to do anything else....oh well last semester and I will have my associate's degree in business administration.

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LibraryCin

Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth? | Alan Weisman

so-so

This was interesting, certainly a topic that many consider taboo, but really is one of the biggest issues when it comes to the issues with our planet‘s environment (the other one being consumerism... which, of course, is amplified with a larger world population). Have to admit, though, it took a long time for me to read; it did help that a good chunk of it at the end was references

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GatheringBooks

This Child, Every Child: a Book About the World's Children | David J. Smith

so-so

#SeptemberSenses Day 1: Smith and Armstrong touched on schooling, health, home, and migration – some of the most fundamental rights of every child. While they do show the stark (almost unjust) differences across cultures, the truth is softened a little bit ( #SoftTouch) with Smith including information about the various organizations or nongovernmental groups that serve these children. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-c7J