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Technological determinism is only believable low down the tech tree; higher up we already choose which paths not to take.
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- Michael Nielsen Physicist, writer and researcher
I'm willing to buy it sort of low enough down when, you know, progress is relatively simple, um, but but higher up you start to get to shape the way in which you you do the exploration and it's interesting, you know, people we are starting to shape it in in in interesting ways.
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Watch from 1:11:55 plays here↗Michael Nielsen – Why aliens will have a different tech stack than usyoutube.com
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