 So while back there was this guy named Theodore Kaczynski, and he wrote this really epic book called Industrial Society in its future It's in the video description Now we refer to him of course as Uncle Ted on this channel but he made in this book a very important distinction between two different types of technology and These two knowing the difference between these two different types of technology means the difference between you using technology to you know do things more effectively and Versus you becoming overly reliant on it and to your own detriment in the long term Okay, and that's something you know all of us not all technology is good Technology is not like just a scale of goodness that just gets higher and higher in the higher tech thing something is That means it's better. That's not how it is now The two different types of technology according to Uncle Ted one of them. He calls small scale technology Okay, so small scale technology this chair for example small scale technology, okay chairs don't grow on trees But you can go into the forest and you can very easily Source the materials to make a nice little chair like this Okay, it might be a little harder sourcing the paint, but that's doable You know not too different not too difficult chairs are small scale technologies that railing is a small scale technology Those candles which you can't yeah small scale technology you can make candles yourself In fact even most of my house is small scale technology Nearly every there are of course some parts that aren't but most of it You know most of the basic structure of a house you can make yourself takes a lot of effort But you can do yourself and importantly all of this technology you can repair and replace It's one very important thing now small scale technology. He contrasts Uncle Ted He contrasts with organization-dependent technology now. What is that? Organization-dependent technologies. It's almost self-explanatory Is technology that in order for it to work in order for you know You to make some of it or someone else to make some of it and in order for it to actually function You have to be reliant on a massive industrial mass consumerist society for it to work Okay, the example that he gives is Refrigeration now refrigeration is super convenient. It's fantastic technology I mean you can throw stuff in your refrigerator or your freezer and it will somehow turn electrical energy into coldness That's fantastic. Okay, so you can keep all your foods nice nice and late So refrigeration is organization-dependent technology because you can't go into the forest and make a refrigerator What you have to do is you have to go to some massive corporation that has mining operations getting copper They have all this heavy machinery that can you know Basically mold the refrigerator in the way needed. It has plastics and all this kind of stuff that you need a massive You know factory to make basically you have to go to one of them buy one and when you bring it home It doesn't just work. You have to plug it up to electricity So you have to rely on the power system that society has the massive power system that society is organized And even if you think you're gonna get away from that. Oh, I'm gonna have solar panels Well solar panels are the same thing solar panels these massive Solar cells made in China shipped over this the sea. I mean it's not again It's not the kind of thing you can go into the forest to make and if it breaks You are just as reliant on you know the system as you would be if you were relying on public power or something like that Okay, so that's organization-dependent technology now, of course organization-dependent technology is super useful Refrigeration is great. It's fantastic to be able to chill your food foods freeze your stuff And there are small-scale equivalents of refrigeration, of course, you know in the olden days before electricity You would you'd cure your meat? You'd smoke it or something like that to preserve it or you'd salt it or you'd you know Can vegetables and stuff like that for long-term preservation and of course you can still do that now as an individual person But it's something that a lot of people aren't familiar with because we've become so Reliant on organization-dependent technology so organization-dependent technology is Fragile it's not just fragile, but it's Beyond your control and the more you use it the more reliant you are going to be on not just other I mean there's nothing wrong with being reliant on other people your neighbors or something like that the farmer down the road It's nothing wrong with that you you're not gonna make everything yourself But when you're reliant on a massive industrial system to do basic things like make sure your your foods Don't spoil or you know to have you know Let's say you do all your communications using the internet or something like that You don't there's no one you can walk to see or something like that that makes you extremely reliant on A somewhat unnatural way of living and as soon as there's any kind of trouble in civilization You know the what they call you know shit hits the fans scenarios all of that stuff breaks down and you realized that oh like I'm naked and alone and I don't even have The small-scale technology or know-how to survive now. I'm not actually saying the world is gonna collapse But one of the things that uncle Ted You know emphasizes is that there are negative Psychological randomifications of have relying on organization-dependent technology as well Because you just don't have control over what is going on in your life In more and more nowadays, you know, let me give you an example that might ring true to a lot of people on my channel Okay, so you know I talk about technology often computers on my channel and computers are of course Organization-dependent technology you might think you own this computer But you might think you can even fix it But you need fancy Chinese parts to be able to actually, you know, you can't you don't have the ability to make a new CPU or something like that and of course, it's also relying on electricity like refrigeration But within the realm of computing there is a difference between small-scale technology and Organization-dependent technology, let me give you an example. I on my channel I basically always talk about within the realm of digital technology I talk about small space small scale technology that as I talk about, you know doing things yourself using free software That's modifiable that you can look at and also, you know For example, if I want to listen to music or listen to or watch a movie I have always just downloaded everything. Okay downloaded the music downloaded the movies I like to have that as you know, I like to be able to own my cock won own legally I mean, whatever but I like to have actual copies of the things I want to listen to the media I want to consume now nowadays if you look at how Technology even in just within the digital realm how it is Advancing it is making you more and more reliant on Organization-dependent technology now if you want to consume now if you're a good boy that doesn't that follows all the rules If you're a good boy, you're not supposed to download music You're not supposed to download movies what you're supposed to do is you're supposed to register with an internet company like Spotify or Netflix to be able to passively consume all the stuff and of course the organizational dependent technology is enormous It's not just you don't just need a computer and an electrical stream electrical You know, you know what I mean, you don't just need a computer and electricity You need an internet connection that is connected real time to a Netflix account that you have paid for and Netflix will provide you, you know provided, you know, their servers aren't overloaded. They'll provide you with this movie so Organization-dependent technology even within the realm of you know computing You know, it's always I consider it always a bad thing to be more reliant on Massive, you know structure, you know massive technological structures to provide you with increasingly basic things Nowadays you can go to the store you can go to the store and you can buy a laptop that has no Physical storage or just enough for an operating system where you're intended not to actually save your documents to the computer But use them in the cloud now in order to write a letter to your friend You have to you know, you have to log into the internet log into Google services and write it on their computer Oh, we'll keep it for you. Don't worry about it But that's sort of the same thing. So whenever I'm making a decision So here's where it comes down to a lot of people think that oh, oh, Luke You you you drop uncle Ted memes, but you still use the computer that makes you a hypocrite or something like that Okay, that's not just not even uncle Ted. Let's just say he manufactured some technology himself But there's there's nothing like moralistic against the use of even high technology Okay, the issue is understanding the the social and personal consequences of using your technology and where they go And I'll put it this way if you want to take something away from this video take this away When you are deciding whether or not to use a technology the question You should be asking yourself is is this technology more small-scale or is it more at organization dependent because if it's more Organization-dependent I can tell you what it's gonna make you more reliant on things outside of your control It's gonna make you rely on on your internet connection some company in China It's gonna make you rely on on just anything to do something basic Whereas if you have the choice of having small-scale technology, you should always go for that One you know one minor example. I used to for the longest time when I was a kid Or when I was like a young college student or whatever. I guess I still am sort of that age. I don't know But you know, I had an electric can opener It's just because that's what I had and it was so annoying having to plug it up all the time It was a reliant on on electricity I couldn't take it camping and then my life was changed when I realized you could get a can opener that was an electric one that you just sort of you know screw and You know it opens a can That's an example, you know, I could take it out camping. I could do whatever with it And that's just one example of the kind of things usually most of the things you rely on Organization-dependent technology for there's a small-scale equivalent that you can easily start using be running around me So that's my recommendation for you. If there's anything Oh and one final thing. I noted solar panels. This is another example, you know people Said to me hey Luke you should get solar panels I'm not against solar panels, but as I said earlier solar panels are still organization technology Instead of being reliant on you know public power around here I'm gonna be reliant on whatever Chinese company manufactured the solar panels And if something breaks, I'm gonna have to go to them a more robust solution is Using alternatives to electricity So, you know as I said using you know canning your stuff to store it instead of just keeping in the refrigerator or something like that or You know if I need to do minor woodwork nothing too severe I'm not gonna use you know my electric saw. I'm gonna use my hand saw. It's a much much more robust much more lindy much more You know small-scale technology. Anyway, that's my that's about enough for this video Hopefully you get the point, but I will see you boomers next time