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Yea that's a piece of culture, but tech and even our culture's response to tech != culture. For instance, changing attitudes toward civil rights isn't really that related to tech at all.
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Hmm I don’t know. I think of it as part of the response to the military-industrial complex of the 50s, which was primarily a post-ww2 tech based forcing function. Cold War tech scene —> Organization Man —> hippies —> civil rights. I’m a pretty strong tech determinist.
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On this topic, do you know any business cultural histories worth checking out? Like a survey from early mercantilism to today.
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Nice - I liked American Genesis for a similar take:
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Yea, it was seemingly just looking at the highlights of the mega infra types of stuff. There's also a ton of military tech histories out there.
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I've actually never read a general military / Cold War tech history book because I grew up obsessed and read too narrow ones.
I did enjoy this DARPA history, though I wish it was more tech focused than military: amazon.com/Pentagons-Brai
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Is there one? It always seems to be a chapter or two in stories that cut through. Like Loonshots has a few chapters on it. It’s just too short relative to most tech development cycles.
Yea interesting - a quick look doesn't reveal anything close to this. Good call . I feel like I grew up with stuff like this, but it doesn't seem like there is, and I agree that's a history that should really be written.

