the technological history of modernity by a partial, prejudiced, and ignorant historian
When I think, as I often do, and will continue to do in a slow way* for the next few years, about a possible technological history of modernity, I am always...
When I think, as I often do, and will continue to do in a slow way* for the next few years, about a possible technological history of modernity, I am always...
Remember me? I used to blog here, back in the day. I stepped away because I was working on a book that overlapped a bit too much with the typical...
Regular readers of this blog may remember a few months ago some posts revolving around 79 Theses on Technology that The Infernal Machine graciously published. I got some good feedback...
One way to pursue the technological history of modernity is to try to understand how news and ideas got around at any given time. For instance, I wrote a short...
If there is any one general topic that has preoccupied me in the last decade, it’s … well, it’s hard to put in a phrase. Let’s try this: The ways...
So I continue to think about this whole technological history of modernity thing, about which I have some announcements. 1) A few days ago I thought Hey, I’m ready to...