KnowraAppropriate technologyLinked fromLinked fromThe 9 pages that link to Appropriate technology, each with the reason it gives.All 9Broader topic 1Related 2Compared with 6TechnologyCompared with: It challenges the assumption that more complex technology is always better.EngineeringCompared with: It challenges designs that optimize technical performance while ignoring local needs and resources.History of technologyCompared with: It challenges accounts that equate technological progress with greater scale or complexity.History of engineeringCompared with: It challenges the assumption that larger and more capital-intensive engineering is always preferable.History of science and technology in AfricaCompared with: It offers a modern framework for evaluating technologies against locally grounded needs and resources.Ivan IllichCompared with: Both favor human-scale tools, though Illich focused especially on how industrial systems restrict autonomy.