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"Participant-observation (i.e. scientific study of the workplace from within) by a social scientist who took and internship and then a job at a Silicon Valley startup that would eventually top $3 billion in valuation. He is scientifically distanced..." Permalink

"A fascinating historical essay on the overlap between religion and what we would later call technology - from the medieval religious support for the "useful arts" to the deep faith of some founders of modern "science" (Boyle's & Newton's study of ..." Permalink

"The final historical chapter in the author's re-Welshing the tale of Arthur the Pendragon brings back the enchantment and spiritual battles of the Quest narrative. " Permalink