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Computer Power and Human Reason

This book report is offered as a stark contrast to my last one (Freedom’s Edge: The Computer Threat to…

Freedom’s Edge

In this article, I review Freedom’s Edge: The Computer Threat to Society by Milton R. Wessel. I include an Amazon affiliate link…

The Muse Learns to Write

In my previous article, I reviewed a book about medieval technology. In my inaugural article, I mentioned that I…

Medieval Technology and Social Change

In my inaugural post for this series, I committed to exploring the “intersection of…

In the Name of Efficiency

I was surprised (and delighted) when this year’s Monktoberfest had two talks on developer productivity — both…