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Here's a podcast on New Books Network where I talk about (surprise surprise) my new book, 'Visions of a Digital Nation', and why Margaret Thatcher's 1984 #privatisation of British Telecom was a pivotal moment for both #neoliberalism and #digitalisation.
Podcast: https://newbooksnetwork.com/visions-of-a-digital-nation
Book download: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14210.001.0001
#histsci #histodons #history #sts #telecom @histodons @sts #tech #technology #historyoftechnology
This week I've been working on my next tech history column for https://every.to
In this one, we'll be focusing on rise and spectacular fall of the Osborne 1 portable, and Osborne Computers.
Will includes moments like this, so worth signing up! #technology #history #histodons
My first sole-authored book just came out! Visions of a Digital Nation: Market and Monopoly in British Telecommunications is about the privatisation and digitalisation of the UK's telecom infrastructure, and why that was such a pivotal moment for the rise of neoliberalism.
It's published open-access with MIT Press:
Read more here: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262546294/visions-of-a-digital-nation/
Download here: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14210.001.0001
#histodons @histodons #history #historyoftechnology #telecom #histsci #sts #neoliberalism
I made a bibliography of the post-war #history of #science, #politics, and #policy in the #UK. Hopefully it's useful to other #histodons and not just myself.
Read it here: https://jacobward.substack.com/p/reading-the-history-of-futurology
Isidor Isaac Rabi's review of two books, by non-scientists (the horror!), on the role of scientists in policy-making is grumpy and hilarious: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2147002
📕Why statistics tend not only to describe the world but to change it
Great read for statistician: aggregate quantities to reason at the population level have no absolute meaning & result from loaded choices
Summary of Alain Desrosières' work
#statistics #econometrics #datascience #epistemology
I'm new here on Mastodon.
My name is Ahmed, I graduated in Literature, and I'm currently working as a copywriter. Above all, I'll love reading novels.
My recent fav novel is The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano. Currently I'm reading Lucy by Jamica Kincaid. If you're a #literature enthusiast, I'd love to connect with you. Also, I'm always open to get book recommendations from others. So, do drop your favs.
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