@martingeddes @psygnisfive Yup, IOW every actual system ever built as opposed to historical trash cans of Xanadu-Utopias. I'm pragmatic :)
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@vgr@psygnisfive You are arming a civilisation collapse risk by assuming magic tech will rescue you. Hubris that befell many an empire.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@martingeddes@psygnisfive While you're hoping to convert an entire industry to a new religion in one lifetime.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@vgr@psygnisfive I am merely a proponent of the scientific method in understanding these systems, and their inherent constraints & freedoms2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@martingeddes@psygnisfive sail and steam coexisted for 70 years. It's a process.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@vgr@psygnisfive The dynamics of this process are ugly. Moore's law type growth eventually works against you. We're measuring the warnings.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@martingeddes@psygnisfive Your counterfactual of clean-sheet "get theory right first" is not ugly. It has just never happened in tech.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@vgr@psygnisfive Quantum mechanics preceded silicon chips, Maxwell before digital wireless, Turing before computing, Shannon etc…2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@martingeddes@psygnisfive Sure, also Babbage before Collosus, transmission before Shannon, telegraph before radio.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@martingeddes@psygnisfive You're looking for a singular causal thread in history where there is only a pluralistic arms race of processes1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@martingeddes @psygnisfive Many threads of theoretical advances/incrementalist hacking feeding off each other in parallel
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