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TECHNOLOGY_SECTIONED

Everyone is into "technology"
these days, but what do they
mean by that?

The "technology" section of the
newspaper is invariably reviews
of consumer crap electronics.

This stuff has been around
for decades in some form or         They rarely talk about
another.  Is it really news?        things like new semiconductor
                                    fabrication techniques, which
                                    is what enables a lot of the
    The "Technology" section        new consumer crap.
    never seems to have reviews
    of something like a new
    type of recumbent bicycle.
    Doesn't that count as
    technology?
                                                   (Nov 5, 2008)

                                      A black kid in Harlem
                                      (interviewed after
                                      Obama's election)           [ref]
                                      comments: "I'd rather
                                      have a cure for AIDS
                                      than new technology."

                                             The kid doesn't care
                                             about stuff like "new
                                             kinds of cellphones".

                                         It would be easy to be
                                         dismissive of this
                                         shallow understanding
                                         of "technology" --
                                         But this usage is
                                         all too common.



      As of May 27, 2022, The front page of the google news
      "Technology" section features: 

         "Chromebooks will now tell you when you're using the    
         wrong USB-C cable", The Verge                           

         "The Dark Souls servers are finally being repaired after
         three months of downtime", Gamesradar                   

         "It's hard to believe Google Drive's just now getting copy /
         paste shortcuts", The Verge

      They should rename this the "Trivia" section.           




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