I love Dark Mountain.

This is their first themed issue, focusing on the topic of "technê," Greek for craft or technology. It explores the technological spectrum and the question of appropriate technology through a variety of art forms. It's also their largest issue yet, and as far as I know, one of the first to feature more mainstream writers such as Bill McKibben [although beautiful obscurity still dominated in the list of contributors].

There were a handful of names that kept showing up again and again. One of those is that of Ivan Illich, the anti-technologist. And the another, that of Ted Kaczynski, the "Unabomber."

I recommend this book to Silicon Valley, possibly providing readers with a bit of humility and perspective.

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