Technē is an ancient Greek word for craft, skill, and the knowledge involved in making something. It’s also the root of the word technology. It means practical knowledge: knowing how to make or do something well. Building, medicine, farming, art, craft. In an age of exponential technology, I think there’s contrarian asymmetric upside in technē.

Aug 24, 2026 · 3:25 PM UTC

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Replying to @owocki
Wich means we don’t know how to talk and instead of creating new words, accurate to the thing we want to articulate, we steal the procces of understanding what we say from a root perspective We’re not peak performing yet
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techne is a very old word, not a new word :)
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Replying to @owocki
tech gets cheaper real skill gets scarcer
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Replying to @owocki
technology's root is craft and practical making thats the contrarian bet worth considering
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Replying to @owocki
好的 兄弟
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Replying to @owocki
Beautiful. This feels so close to what we're trying to give shape. While building TerraScope and working with young people, we've seen how making your own tools and experimenting can change how you see the unseen living world. Technē also opens new ways of relating to the world.
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Replying to @owocki
Which craft do you think has the most asymmetric upside right now?
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