Homo faber refers to questions pertaining to the technological achievements of "man the maker."
EXTENDING THE HUMAN PHENOTYPE…
Chimp weapons, birdsong and termite mounds can be viewed as extensions of the animal bodies that made them. Technology has extended the phenotype of man to unprecedented heights. Human technologies differ from animal technologies in their inventiveness, multiplicity and sophistication.
Memes
Extending our Sensory Range Using Technology
Australian Twin Tower Termite Mounds. Phot credit: Roger J. Wendell, whose website www.RogerWendell.com is "Defending 3.8 Billion Years of Organic Evolution."
The Compact Muon Solenoid at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo source: CERN.
Stone chopping tools from the Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Photo source: Norwich Castle Museum, UK.
Promethian Fiasco
Sources for Homo faber mmmmmmmm Appius Claudius Caecus, Arendt and Frisch
The Anthropocene
