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Notes on the history of technology, medicine, science, art, drugs, and empire from UC Santa Cruz history professor Benjamin Breen. Also: using AI in research and teaching.
Love the way he brings an historian's perspective to tech. And how he escapes from " the sociology of the last five minutes", which is the curse of tech commentary.
There's a crack in everything. It's how we know a human being is writing. Thoughts on technology and education, writing and related issues, from a critical perspective. Not always fully formed but never auto-completed.
In the current cacophony about ‘AI’ and education, Helen is one of the sharpest and thoughtful writers around.
Frames is a monthly newsletter that sheds light on the most important issues concerning business and technology.
I like the way it tries to get above the ruck of continual circular discourses about big topics. I particularly liked its use of Actor-Network-Theory to reframe conversations about how 'AI' will/should develop.