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In the 1950s and 1960s, a series of thinkers, beginning with Jacques Ellul and Marshall McLuhan, began to describe the anatomy of our technological society. Then, starting in the 1970s, a generation emerged who articulated a detailed critique of that society. The critique produced by these figures I refer to in the singular because it shares core features, if not a common vocabulary. What Ivan Illich, Ursula Franklin, Albert Borgmann, and a few others have said about technology is powerful, incisive, and remarkably coherent. I am going to call the argument they share the Standard Critique of Technology, or SCT. The one problem with the SCT is that it has had no success in reversing, or even slowing, the momentum of our society’s move toward what one of their number, Neil Postman, called ....
news US-Canada ties will survive ending extradition of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou Illustration: Craig Stephens A constant refrain on the Canadian left is that Canada should have an independent foreign policy. Leftist critics of the Canadian government argue that the government should free Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou from captivity because Canada should not be bound by US foreign policy. The conclusion is correct, but the reasoning is flawed. As a weak power in international relations - in terms of population size, economic heft and military influence - Canada cannot have an independent foreign policy. Like it or not, the international system is hierarchical. Canada depends on its powerful neighbour for military protection and economic benefits. In most cases, Canada s relations with the rest of the world need to defer to the interests of United States foreign policy. ....