Anyone know of writings, or whatever, about culture being a form of primitive technology?
Most of the stuff I read or listen talks about them as two distinct things and when they meet the amazing power that brings
Not quite sure if this is what you're looking for, but https://acoup.blog/ is fantastic in general for the intersection of the two
samo burja writes a lot about "social technologies" see the ToC in https://samoburja.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Great_Founder_Theory_by_Samo_Burja_2020_Manuscript.pdf the first social tech chapter has a list of examples
Technology is anything you use that you were not born with..
The section of this talk about Shamanism as a "psycho-technology" is definitely relevant, I imagine you'd get something out of the full thing though. Really an amazing series. https://youtu.be/54l8_ewcOlY?t=2560
Culture is normally understood as norms or values (how people behave), while technology is about tools or stuff human make to achieve something. Ofc a behavioral norm could also be a tool to achieve something, but itβs intangible. What are you trying to do/write/say?
This is what came to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone
Interesting thought Not mentioned specifically (I think), but Lewis Mumford's Technics and Civilisations discusses the evolution of technology in the broadest possible terms and you might find something there