"We have the technology"[edit | edit source]
Technologies that just work include:
- mobile phones
- OLPC's XO computer (more controversial)
Critique: technology is not the answer[edit | edit source]
Jacques Ellul, The Technological Bluff. The technology is less important than the way it is chosen and applied.[verification needed]
This becomes a less relevant critique if there an emphasis on appropriate technology, i.e. a great sensitivity to the appropriateness of a solution.