The Question Concerning Technology
Essay by Martin HeideggerWikipedia
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Sep 19, 2026
Norman GayfordHOST
All right.
Norman GayfordHOST
So Heidegger, and I think you've read this before, but was talking about, he had a piece called The Question Concerning Technology.
Norman GayfordHOST
Well, this is back many, many years, right? But he says that originally it meant not just mechanical manufacturing, but a mode of revealing.
Norman GayfordHOST
And the Greek term poiesis comes to mind with this.
speaker_0HOST
Okay, well, we're back for another round of Heidegger terminology.
speaker_0HOST
This is surrounding the terminology that he uses in his essay on the question concerning technology, which we're discussing right now in the Morin Academy Great Books Reading Group.
speaker_0HOST
And we left off last time with standing reserve and I want to, well, standing reserve and in framing.
speaker_0HOST
And I want to briefly touch on those again.