1/ I am trying to generate a reference list of consequential non-fiction essays, help me out. Eg #1: As We May Think
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2/ To count it must satisfy 3 conditions: i) the essay must produce a consequential idea internally, not merely convey consequential news
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3/ It must ii) "disturb the peace" in some sense, outside the predictable institutional boundaries where it nominally has currency
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4/ And iii) it must address a potentially universal concern, not something that is fundamentally limited to a subculture
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Do long essays (aka "books") count?
Natural Born Cyborgs e1020.pbworks.com/f/ClarkNBC.pdf
Introduction is a standalone essay faculty.georgetown.edu/irvinem/theory
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Have you read it yet? Will likely influence you if you do.
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No, but looking for things that have already had a big impact like Vannevar Bush's essay which basically created the Internet
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This was written only a little over a decade ago. Check it out. I'm not so big on what other people think so don't know. Good project though
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Sorry, then it doesn't count. I'm looking for essays that have already had a widespread, society changing impact, not random reading refs
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