Techne (Greek: τέχνη, lit. ‘art, skill, craft’; Ancient Greek: [tékʰnɛː]) is a philosophical concept that refers to making or doing.

Techne is used by humans to enlarge the “body”, to enhance capabilities, to magnify status, etc…

Techne in Ancient Greece was thought of as dangerous in its virtues by many philosophers, including Plato. Arts such as paintings and sculptures were particularly thought to be unvirtuous because of their “third-hand [representation] of “true” reality and absolute beauty”. Other philosophers, such as Aristotle, believed that techne was virtuous because it uses natural materials “to create objects unknown in nature” and therefore it “completes nature”.

When technology is divorced from meaning (when there is too little meaning) then it becomes potential very dangerous.