delete *for and invent the edit button, ktx.
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I've personally read probably about a dozen *great* books on "Why did the Industrial Revolution start when it did." I mean, it's not even my area of expertise, I just read about dozen great books on the side on this because the topic is so widely studied that it's hard to avoid.
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That said, I'd genuinely read more on this topic, it's a great one. That's why historians, sociologists, economists, STS-folks and many many others have been working on exactly this question for so long. It's a bit overstudied, perhaps, but great questions can bear overstudy.
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New insights are always possible. But hopefully building on existing work. Danger of inventionism is this: to understand anti-vaccination waves, one needs to read Hofstadter. To understand Instagram drama, one needs to read Goffman. Unfortunately, funders tend to like "all new"!
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Let's start this with a tour of library shelves
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Why is progress uneven and why and how is an awesome question with an enormous amount of good, deep and substantive existing work. It's not understudied.Show this thread
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Is there an "Intro to Sociology" reading list you would recommend for tech nerds?
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It sounds like something someone should eventually write-up! (Doesn't have to be me but I'll add it to my own hopefully will write list!)
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If it’s not a podcast they haven’t heard it
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I love that work, some mindblowing stuff.
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