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What is Tech Consciousness?
Post Date
November 5, 2025
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So you might be asking yourself (I hope so), what is “Tech Consciousness”? It’s a term I came up with to describe how I wanted to control my use going forward. I have a deep love for semantics so you’ll be seeing me defining words quite a bit. Let’s get started.
Technology is defined as the following:
The study and application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes. Essentially, technology is knowledge that’s applied and put into action.
Conscious (adjective) is defined as the following:
1. Awake, thinking and knowing what is happening around you and 2. Being determined and intentional.
Consciousness (noun) is the actual state of being aware.
I combined the two words to come up with the term and the definition:
Tech Consciousness: Intentionally aware use of technology
So in totality, it’s simply being aware of your use of technology, aware of how it shapes your actions, habits, thoughts etc. In my experience the world loves to pose things as black or white, binary thinking. In my opinion this is wrong, there’s wisdom to be gleaned from both perspectives. Tech Consciousness is my attempt at integrating everything into a working philosophy. Using technology increases our capabilities, there’s plenty to be learned from the internet and the people that occupy it. In the same vein it can steal your individuality and replace your focus with something completely foreign.
Being tech conscious means using them as a tool, something to hack and slash away at what you want to achieve rather than being forged into something that doesn’t align with you or your personal makeup. Technology mirrors us and amplifies what we are already. If we use it better, it then becomes an extension of our purpose and our goals, rather than a distraction or a replacement.
Just paying attention & being intentional. Not being swayed or stirred by the next shiny app or trend, but using it to sway and stir the world into what you want it to be. Creating instead of being the one that’s being created. Being the architect, blacksmith & sculptor of your reality.
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