[edenhyacinth]

Massive fan of Convivial Society, although I think some pieces necessarily won't give the full background of Illich's belief that technological progress is not necessarily a good thing, and should be examined.

I feel that archery is much the same way to me as baseball is discussed here - I enjoy shooting a recurve bow without sights or counterweights or additions. I could improve my shooting drastically in all common metrics if I wanted to swap to a modern bow, I'd be more accurate, using more force, at a greater distance.

But as none of those metrics measure how satisfied I feel after shooting, it doesn't matter to me and I won't swap.

[natmaka]

Even in a context were sheer efficiency is key someone, for example a warrior, may prefer a 'classic' (rugged, always-ready (nothing to tune), easy to fix, compact, light...) bow to a 'better' contemporary (complicated) one.