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{{review|The Nature of Technology: What it is and How it Evolves|Brian Arthur|R1R7JT2AG50IFT|7 July 2010|Thoughtful entry on an under-explored topic}} | {{review|The Nature of Technology: What it is and How it Evolves|Brian Arthur|R1R7JT2AG50IFT|7 July 2010|Thoughtful entry on an under-explored topic}} | ||
{{author|Brian Arthur}}’s treatise is | {{author|Brian Arthur}}’s treatise is a little ponderous but, all the same, is most encouraging in its [[Epistemology|philosophical]] disposition — assuming as it does the “recursivity” of society and technology, rather than holding the (usual) view that one is strictly a product of the other. This is a [[path-dependent]] model for not just {{t|technology}}, but society and even knowledge itself. | ||
But for some, this is dangerous stuff. It leads in turn to uncomfortable conclusions and opens the door to all that crazy post-modern stuff. | But for some, this is dangerous stuff. It leads in turn to uncomfortable conclusions and opens the door to all that crazy post-modern stuff. |