It sounds as though Kelly may agree with Heidegger (318-9) in our role as the "inventors." In chapter seven, "Convergence," Kelly illustrates that many great inventions and discoveries were determind and devised at nearly parallel moments in history. These include Darwin and Wallace with natural discovery, the lightbulb, the thermometer, and others....(I wonder if we could find the same with the computer 'mouse' with a Mr. Jobs and a Mr. Gates?)
In this sense, then, we have no control over what comes next in the technology 'genealogical tree,' but we don see what happens with those who receive credit for discovering or inventing it first! In other words, the inventor is just the one who is the first to "reveal" the technology to the world, yet he is only able to do so as the Technium itself progresses.
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