kdriscoll, 4 months ago

@inquiline @sts also, Devon Powers "On Trend" cracks open a lot of the hidden mechanics of hype (in tech and elsewhere) https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p084690

CodingItWrong, 4 months ago

@inquiline @sts this is a great talk on hype cycles that gives a great metaphor of pioneers, settlers, and town planners that has really helped me think about tech adoption: https://youtu.be/9zc4DSTRGeM

Here is the blog post the speaker gets it from, but I find the talk more helpful than the post: https://blog.gardeviance.org/2012/06/pioneers-settlers-and-town-planners.html

petersibley, 4 months ago

@inquiline @sts @kissane , @kdriscoll might have some references handy .

stefanlaser, 5 months ago

@inquiline Good question, listening for other records.

Just because it's a timely fit: yesterday, @pluralistic put up a blog post about the AI hype and relates it to other recent hypes.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/111608023778554856

https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/19/bubblenomics/

resipiscent, 5 months ago

@inquiline @sts
Much more general but fascinating research from Bernard Geoghegan
https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1490121769-mit-cmsw-bernard-geoghegan-learning-to-code-from-information-theory-to-french-theory.mp3
https://newbooksnetwork.com/code

Also...
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cpo/vol4/iss1/1/

Pair with Elise Laglise on an even broader view of boys-only cults and conspiracies.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2019/07/19/book-review-occult-features-of-anarchism-with-attention-to-the-conspiracy-of-kings-and-the-conspiracy-of-the-peoples-by-erica-laglisse/