Charles Pidgeon
@charlespidgeona.bsky.social
PhD (DPhil) candidate at University of Oxford, English Faculty.
Researching internet nonfiction books, cultural histories of information overwhelm, and the different metaphors we use for human versus machine cognition.
Researching internet nonfiction books, cultural histories of information overwhelm, and the different metaphors we use for human versus machine cognition.
Only on page 1 and we’re already off to the races! This is excellent.
April 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Only on page 1 and we’re already off to the races! This is excellent.
This is a good review, particularly for this reminder at the end:
February 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is a good review, particularly for this reminder at the end:
Such a remarkable person! If anyone wants to know more about Émilie du Châtelet, I really recommend Robyn Arianrhod’s book "Seduced by Logic” (OUP, 2012). Very compelling while also rigorous, and filled with delightful anecdotes about Voltaire and Émilie writing and performing plays in their garden!
December 17, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Such a remarkable person! If anyone wants to know more about Émilie du Châtelet, I really recommend Robyn Arianrhod’s book "Seduced by Logic” (OUP, 2012). Very compelling while also rigorous, and filled with delightful anecdotes about Voltaire and Émilie writing and performing plays in their garden!
December 10, 2024 at 4:26 PM
In ‘Abolish Silicon Valley’ (2020), Wendy Liu points out: many tech companies still see themselves as scrappy startup underdogs, even after becoming behemoths. ‘They don’t realise that their founding myth of disrupting the powerful no longer applies when they become the powerful ones themselves.'
![A screenshot of Wendy Liu’s book, Abolish Silicon Valley (2020), with the following quotes highlighted:
‘The problem is when these underdogs start to grow bigger. They may have begun their journey with a critique of the powerful, but it’s an essentially static critique that omits an explanation of why these powerful companies got to be the way they are. The establishment — the banks, the hotel chains, the taxi companies — are the bad guys, and the scrappy founders are the good guys, and that’s how it will be forever.’
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‘They don’t realise that their founding myth of disrupting the powerful no longer applies when they become the powerful ones themselves.'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4az3a2dh3d2shvlefij2usi6/bafkreicpzt7zlxp2inq27xgmohsiwkjqj2tnzbtdv5ws6tammlaksxaaia@jpeg)
December 9, 2024 at 2:04 PM
In ‘Abolish Silicon Valley’ (2020), Wendy Liu points out: many tech companies still see themselves as scrappy startup underdogs, even after becoming behemoths. ‘They don’t realise that their founding myth of disrupting the powerful no longer applies when they become the powerful ones themselves.'
Excellent, clear-eyed analysis in @techpolicypress.bsky.social. Caffarra points out that Trump's re-election (with its promises of de-regulation), has sent a flood of lobbying money (that was previously directed at preventing US regulation) into preventing tech regulation in Europe/rest of world
December 9, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Excellent, clear-eyed analysis in @techpolicypress.bsky.social. Caffarra points out that Trump's re-election (with its promises of de-regulation), has sent a flood of lobbying money (that was previously directed at preventing US regulation) into preventing tech regulation in Europe/rest of world
I’m reading: Wendy Liu’s Abolish Silicon Valley (2020).
It’s part memoir, part manifesto, as Liu chronicles interning at Google and founding a startup before becoming disillusioned. I knew I’d find it interesting, but I didn’t expect Liu’s reflections on work to hit so close to home:
It’s part memoir, part manifesto, as Liu chronicles interning at Google and founding a startup before becoming disillusioned. I knew I’d find it interesting, but I didn’t expect Liu’s reflections on work to hit so close to home:
December 6, 2024 at 3:42 PM
I’m reading: Wendy Liu’s Abolish Silicon Valley (2020).
It’s part memoir, part manifesto, as Liu chronicles interning at Google and founding a startup before becoming disillusioned. I knew I’d find it interesting, but I didn’t expect Liu’s reflections on work to hit so close to home:
It’s part memoir, part manifesto, as Liu chronicles interning at Google and founding a startup before becoming disillusioned. I knew I’d find it interesting, but I didn’t expect Liu’s reflections on work to hit so close to home: