Javier Poveda
@jrpovedaf.bsky.social
Historian of science and artificial intelligence researcher
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Tatarchenko: By the 1970s, computers had become culturally familiar enough to serve as a vehicle for critique in USSR.
The computer could serve emblem of systemic dysfunction, failures of planned economy & shortcomings of the various human actors involved
#SHOT2025
The computer could serve emblem of systemic dysfunction, failures of planned economy & shortcomings of the various human actors involved
#SHOT2025
October 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Tatarchenko: By the 1970s, computers had become culturally familiar enough to serve as a vehicle for critique in USSR.
The computer could serve emblem of systemic dysfunction, failures of planned economy & shortcomings of the various human actors involved
#SHOT2025
The computer could serve emblem of systemic dysfunction, failures of planned economy & shortcomings of the various human actors involved
#SHOT2025
Many thanks for sharing your memories, Michael
September 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Many thanks for sharing your memories, Michael
Reposted by Javier Poveda
Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer, on the day of the Leviathan workshop, outside the UCL room where Simon had is PhD viva many years ago (1980s).
Steven was one examiner, Roy Porter the other.
Steven was one examiner, Roy Porter the other.
May 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer, on the day of the Leviathan workshop, outside the UCL room where Simon had is PhD viva many years ago (1980s).
Steven was one examiner, Roy Porter the other.
Steven was one examiner, Roy Porter the other.
Are you listening, or reading, biographers?
April 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Are you listening, or reading, biographers?