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This website is a database about people and concepts related to [[Convivial Tools]].
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This website is a database about people and concepts related to [[Convivial Tools]]. [[Ivan Illich]] coined the term [[Convivial Tools]] in his 1973 book [[Tools for Conviviality]]. Convivial Tools can be defined as tools which allow the user to operate with independent efficiency.
 
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[[Ivan Illich]] coined the term [[Convivial Tools]] in his 1973 book [[Tools for Conviviality]]. Convivial Tools can be defined as tools which allow the user to operate with independent efficiency.
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This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_a_work_in_progress Work in Progress]. It replaces my earlier [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org Convivial Tools Encyclopedia], which got bogged down in the attempt to be overly formal and comprehensive. Links to pages that have yet to be created appear as [[red links]]. All categories are attached, directly or indirectly, to [[:Category:Root]].
 
This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_a_work_in_progress Work in Progress]. It replaces my earlier [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org Convivial Tools Encyclopedia], which got bogged down in the attempt to be overly formal and comprehensive. Links to pages that have yet to be created appear as [[red links]]. All categories are attached, directly or indirectly, to [[:Category:Root]].

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