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In the early 20th century, the clocktower was a ubiquitous technology that helped regulate public life. It was usually on a church or government building in the center of town and although it remained in the background, its familiar tolling provided a sense of place and belonging in the community.
There is an implicit ethic in the idea of a clocktower.
How technologies have an impact at a human scale matters. How they are implemented and how they shape our behaviors are valuable questions to ponder now even more than at the turn of the last century.
It's nearly effortless now to spin up a new technology. As an individual in a company, it's trivial to start up a new (even rogue) instance of Slack, WhatsApp or a dozen other applications, but is it the best way to collaborate in an organization even though it may be agile and relatively easy?
