After getting into an interesting discussion in the comments on one of causticus 's recent posts, I wanted to expand a bit on my thoughts on "social technology" as a metaphor, and whether and how it might be useful in a non-pejorative sense.
I outlined this post back in December 2021, apparently, but I never got around to handling it. "Luckily" this week I was struck with no idea what to write, so I went looking in my drafts folder in desperation and decided this would work. It's my thoughts on JMG's The Wealth of Nature, which packs an exceptional amount of helpful, smart thinking into a pretty neat package. As always, I'd love to hear what you think.