On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 2:57 PM, David Johnson <da...@bostonreview.net> wrote: > Dear all, > > I highly recommend this really excellent interview between Terry Winograd > and Evgeny Morozov about his new book, To Save Everything, Click Here ... > > http://www.bostonreview.net/books-ideas/whats-wrong-technological-fixes
There is a flock of writers whose basic message seems to be "things are always more complicated than you think; stop looking for unifying principles for they will never fit perfectly." Unfortunately I haven't seen any of these authors offer tenable solutions, only helplessness in the face of chaos. I'm reminded of the joke about the mathematician and the engineer. Each was told he could advance half-way across the room to a beautiful woman, and he could repeat the process as many times as he liked. The mathematician, being familiar with Zeno's paradox, knew that no matter how many times he advanced toward the woman... he would never reach her. And so the mathematician turned away with despair. The engineer got right to it, knowing that he could get close enough for all practical purposes. One should want that mathematician in government, and that engineer offering optional services. -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
