5-1b1a1b What can be universal is knowledge. But knowledge has to be instantiated by physical medium and this involves technology (e.g., pen and paper).

But remember:
9-2b3 いわゆる「知識」は合理科学が浸透したコミュニティにのみあてはまる・「世界はひとつ」ではない
9-2b4 More applicability (i.e., universality) per se doesn’t necessarily mean it’s for the better

9-2b3e3 There is no universal knowledgedevelop

5-1b1a1b1 Babbage’s discovery of the universality of computation was innovation via discovery of knowledge (he himself couldn’t build universal computer)
5-1b1a1c The relationship between knowledge in the abstract and technology (the physical mediator of such knowledge) is contingent

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