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Taking Stock of Our Technological Liturgies

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Welcome to the Convivial Society, a newsletter about technology and culture. In this installment, I explore a somewhat eccentric frame by which to consider how we relate to our technologies, particularly those we hold close to our bodies. You’ll have to bear through a few paragraphs setting up that frame, but I hope you find it to be a useful exercise. And I welcome your comments below. Ordinarily only paid subscribers can leave comments, but this time around I’m leaving the comments open for all readers. Feel free to chime in. I will say, though, that I may not be able to respond directly to each one. Cheers! Pardon what to some of you will seem like a rather arcane opening to this installment. We’ll be back on more familiar ground soon enough, but I will start us off with a few observations about liturgical practices in religious traditions. A liturgy, incidentally, is a formal and relatively stable set of rites, rituals, and forms that order the public worship of a religious communi

The Convivial Society Taking Stock of Our Technological Liturgies 55 19 1× 0:00 Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -11:22 -11:22 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Taking Stock of Our Technological Liturgies The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 15 L. M. Sacasas Sep 15, 2022 55 19 Share Welcome to the Convivial Society , a newsletter about technology and culture. In this installment, I explore a somewhat eccentric frame by which to consider how we relate to our technologies, particularly those we hold close to our bodies. You’ll have to bear through a few paragraphs se

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