<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Technology is most humane when it functions as a... > Technology is most humane when it functions as a switchboard among capable people. Publishing systems, syndication, video, and shared networks can route a local insight toward the exact person for whom it becomes useful. The value is not the machinery by itself, but the human possibility the machinery makes reachable. **Source:** [[livestreams/Shared Effort and the Architecture of Opportunity - Workbook|Shared Effort and the Architecture of Opportunity]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Technology is most humane when it functions as a switchboard among capable people. Publishing systems, syndication, video, and shared networks can route a local insight toward the exact person for whom it becomes useful. The value is not the machinery by itself, but the human possibility the machinery makes reachable.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-technology-most-humane-machinery-makes-reachable ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->