Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 9, 2016Replying to @turrible_taoyou're arguing very basic tech determinism vs social determinism you realize?3
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 9, 2016Replying to @vgr and @turrible_taosee this for my synthesis that I think reflects how the chicken-egg evolution actually works http://breakingsmart.com/en/season-1/the-principle-of-generative-pluralism/…21
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 9, 2016Replying to @vgr and @turrible_taotech determinism and social determinism are standard ways of talking about these things... there's Wikipedia entries on them2
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 9, 2016Replying to @turrible_taoyes, that's tech determinism! Causality often but not always, works that way. Values can evolve first and cause tech evol too1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 9, 2016Replying to @turrible_taofeminism/suffrage --> women in workforce during WWII --> any innovation they made2
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @vgr and @turrible_taomicro level: Gauss encouraging Sophie Germaine due to his progressive values. Or Babbage and Ada Lovelace.9:57 PM · Oct 9, 2016