From Cyberpunk to Solarpunk: Technics and the Cities of the Future

Re:From Cyberpunk to Solarpunk: Technics and the Cities of t... by jacknews on Thursday May 12, 2022 @07:05AM (#31352216)

I love the word 'technics' to describe technology, it rhymes with 'ethics' etc, and sounds very 1960's scifi, Dune, etc.

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Re:From Cyberpunk to Solarpunk: Technics and the Cities of t... by winnit on Thursday May 12, 2022 @07:34AM (#31352453)

Doesn't it rather rhyme with 'ethnics'? 'ethics' is to my ear, a half-rhyme...

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Re:From Cyberpunk to Solarpunk: Technics and the Cities of t... by tomc1985 on Thursday May 12, 2022 @09:46AM (#31354086)

I've always thought it was pronounced like 'techniques' and at first thought the author was talking about the turntable/hi-fi brand

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Re:From Cyberpunk to Solarpunk: Technics and the Cities of t... by LewisMumford on Thursday May 12, 2022 @02:37PM (#31358327)

It's to distinguish from technology which has more of a specific philosophical meaning. Technics can refer to practice (e.g. techniques) as well as objects.

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Re:From Cyberpunk to Solarpunk: Technics and the Cities of t... by axolotlgod on Thursday May 12, 2022 @10:19AM (#31354600)

I prefer tethics lol

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Re:From Cyberpunk to Solarpunk: Technics and the Cities of t... by trinsic2 on Thursday May 12, 2022 @11:22AM (#31355500)

I like that better than technics. :D

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