The things that get attention online, even on Mastadon, are usually agreement candy (stuff people already believe, phrased snappily), rage-bait, or parasocial drama. Smart, careful, technically rigorous, ethically uncomfortable takes almost always get lower engagement because they demand effort.

Commentary on Path Dependent Sociotechnical Feedback Loops.

#SystemsThinking #ComplexSystems #AccidentalGovernance #SocialChange #RevolutionaryChange #StructuralRacism #ClimatePolicy #SocialMedia #CalloutCulture #Sociotechnical #FeedbackLoops #PathDependence #EmergentBehavior

"Code struggles to escape why it was created. You can often trace the latest version’s strengths and weaknesses all the way back to the goals of the original authors.

Is that because of backwards compatibility? Developer cultures? Feedback loops? Yes, and tons of other reasons. The broader effect is known as #PathDependence, where the best way to predict a technology’s future is to examine its past." -- @tigt

https://dev.to/tigt/why-not-react-2f8l

How much does history matter? Kohei Takeda & Atsushi Yamagishi argue that self-fulfilling expectations overcame the historical shock of total destruction in central Hiroshima within 5 yrs of the atomic bomb blast even though the city centre lacked fundamental locational advantages.

#economics #econtwitter #history #histodons #hiroshima #spatial #urban #DisasterRecovery #Japan #PathDependence @economics @econhist