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| | The Love or Money Dichotomy: Glossary of Terminology and Abbreviations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | Whenever new technology is introduced into society, there must be a counterbalancing human response, that is, high-touch or the technology is rejected. |
 | | Technology is called soft when it is relatively inexpensive and labor intensive, flexible and adaptable to local materials of non-standard quality, and which can be installed, repaired and maintained by people of modest technical training. |
 | | A technology based on low energy, a non-dispersive use of renewable resources, local materials, low or no waste, and which is culturally adaptable, satisfying, controllable and has safeguards against misuse. |
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