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title: "1 Functional Culture Quotes By Johannes Grenzfurthner"
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> [The widespread inability to understand technological artifacts as fabricated entities, as social and cultural phenomena, derives from the fact that in retrospect only those technologies that prove functional for a culture and can be integrated into everyday life are 'left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-grenzfurthner/the-widespread-inability-to-understand-technological-artifacts-as/)

Johannes Grenzfurthner

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## More by Johannes Grenzfurthner

> [Companies like Nike already use Graffiti as a standard variety in their marketing campaigns and the first people who read Naomi Klein's 'No Logo'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-grenzfurthner/companies-like-nike-already-use-graffiti-as-a-standard-variety-in/)

Johannes Grenzfurthner

> [Imagination is an abuse of power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-grenzfurthner/imagination-is-an-abuse-of-power/)

Johannes Grenzfurthner

> [The widespread inability to understand technological artifacts as fabricated entities, as social and cultural phenomena, derives from the fact that in retrospect only those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-grenzfurthner/the-widespread-inability-to-understand-technological-artifacts-as/)

Johannes Grenzfurthner

> [Privacy is a bourgeois fantasy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-grenzfurthner/privacy-is-a-bourgeois-fantasy/)

Johannes Grenzfurthner

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