"The Whale and the Reactor" by Langdon Winner
Classic for a reason. Four decades later we're still treating tech as if it weren't first and foremost political and trotting out "values" for some harmless grandstanding along brandy and cigars.
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Robin Berjon
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2026-03-27 00:41:18 UTC
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