What is the alternative to information technology?

I love this question and desperately want to spend time researching a solid answer and reference some historical examples. Unfortunately, at the moment, I only have a few minutes so I wanted to put a first glance together and hopefully we can revisit it. read more

I think the alternative to information technology is the absence of civilization. Technology is, by definition, knowledge preserved in a form usable by others: all technology requires the storage, preservation, and transfer of information. All civilization requires technology, in order to preserve itself. read more

Alternative technology is a term used to refer to technologies that are more environmentally friendly than the functionally equivalent technologies dominant in current practice. The term was coined by Peter Harper, one of the founders of the Centre for Alternative Technology, North Wales (a.k.a. read more