LRT: Langdon Winner wrote an incredible piece, "Do Artefacts Have Politics?" over 30 years ago. It is as relevant today as it has ever been.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
I didn't get to study under him at Rensselaer, but I did study the histech from his same department. His work is a big influence on mine.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
Even now, when I give my tech ethics talks, I see jaws drop when I talk about the parkway bridges on Long Island. I have heard audible gasps
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
what should I know about them? And parkway means highway yes?
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Replying to @trvanes
tl;dr: Robert Moses built 190+ bridges with low clearance so black people, dependent on buses, couldn't get to Jones Beach.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @trvanes
He also deliberately built a section of the Cross Bronx parkway so it would displace 1500 jewish people, needlessly.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
huh, will have to learn more. When did this happen?
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early to mid 20th century. Check out the book The Power Broker.
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