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Information is thereafter treated as a form of availability, grounded in the relation between humans and equipment, which is characterised by its insistence. A differentiation between various forms of equipment is made by way of Heidegger\u2019s later writings on technics, leading to a discussion of information technology in the shadow of enframing, or emplacement. 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