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User:Technosopher

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Who am I?

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A student of Information and Communication Technologies and Social Science, whose goal is to encourage and participate in the use of information technology for the benefit of society, rather than the inverse.

Derivation of this absurd handle

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Techno: from Gk. tekhno-, combining form of tekhne “art, skill, craft, method, system,” probably from PIE base *tek- “shape, make” (cf. Skt. taksan “carpenter,” L. textere “to weave.”

Sophy: suffix meaning “knowledge,” from O.Fr. -sophie, from L. -sophia, from Gk. -sophia, from sophia “skill, wisdom, knowledge.”

–Online Etymology Dictionary

Technosophy: The act of engaging with an art, craft, method, or system with wisdom and knowledge.