Quotes from book
Tools for Conviviality

Tools for Conviviality
Ivan Illich

Tools for Conviviality is a 1973 book by Ivan Illich about the proper use of technology.

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“In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.”

Ivan Illich book Tools for Conviviality

Tools for Conviviality (1973), Ch. 3

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“People need new tools to work with rather than new tools that work for them.”

Ivan Illich book Tools for Conviviality

Tools for Conviviality (1973), p. 10

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