C.R.A.F.T.E.D.

7 Principles for Convivial Technology - pt. 0/7

Kevin Kelly proposed 6 principles for convivial technology:

• Cooperation (promotes collaboration)

• Transparency (clear origins and ownership)

• Decentralization (distributed ownership, production, and control)

• Flexibility (I would better call it Extensibility)

• Redundancy (not being the only option)

• Efficiency (minimizing impact on ecosystems)

Of course, adding a seventh is appropriate - seven gives us the number of completion.

• Appropriateness (balance, justice, fittingness)

And, this lets us spell a really lovely acronym: “CRAFTED”.

Good technology is crafted. It is not mass-produced. It is not wound-up and let loose. It isn’t parameters plugged into a neural net which then goes freely, telling us in return exactly what to do. No - good technology is painstakingly crafted by humans.

In these next posts, we’ll focus on each of these principles and how they apply to the development of our technology.