I think it was Arthur C Clarke who said "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
By all means use whatever technology is appropriate to meet the customer need for a product or a service and to meet the desire for an experience.
I have hiked the Samaria Gorge on the island of Crete. The first mile is a switchback drop of about 4,500 feet. There there is a 10 mile walk through the bed of an extinct river and through a gorge that at the end is only 6 feet wide. Even starting early the path can become quite hot from the sun near the end. Part way into town there is a small not so modern roadhouse that served cold beer. Not warm beer. Not cool beer. COLD beer. Why should that be such a problem in other places? The technology is fairly simple and has been around for a long time. No need for fancy taps, or lights or tvs or anything else. At that point everyone wants a cold beer. They get it.
Cowboy Safety developed during a time of shortages, no electricity, and the absence of many things. It became a way of meeting needs with whatever was at hand. Technology may have been crude but there was an application to meet every need.
In part two we will get into more detail about "appropriate technology" as distinguished from "technology."
David Sneed
By all means use whatever technology is appropriate to meet the customer need for a product or a service and to meet the desire for an experience.
I have hiked the Samaria Gorge on the island of Crete. The first mile is a switchback drop of about 4,500 feet. There there is a 10 mile walk through the bed of an extinct river and through a gorge that at the end is only 6 feet wide. Even starting early the path can become quite hot from the sun near the end. Part way into town there is a small not so modern roadhouse that served cold beer. Not warm beer. Not cool beer. COLD beer. Why should that be such a problem in other places? The technology is fairly simple and has been around for a long time. No need for fancy taps, or lights or tvs or anything else. At that point everyone wants a cold beer. They get it.
Cowboy Safety developed during a time of shortages, no electricity, and the absence of many things. It became a way of meeting needs with whatever was at hand. Technology may have been crude but there was an application to meet every need.
In part two we will get into more detail about "appropriate technology" as distinguished from "technology."
David Sneed
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