“Since invention is almost never the sole work of a single inventor, however great a genius he may be, and since it is the product of the successive labors of innumerable men, working at various times and often toward various purposes, it is merely a figure of speech to attribute an invention to a single person: this is a convenient falsehood fostered by a spurious sense of patriotism and by the device of patent monopolies – a device that enables one man to claim special financial rewards for being the last link in the complicated social processes that produced the invention….This holds true for countries and generations as well: the joint stock of knowledge and technical skill transcends the boundaries of individual or national egos: and to forget that fact is not merely to enthrone superstition but to undermine the essential planetary basis of technology itself.”
Source: Technics and Civilization
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Amen. BTW I attributed something to Rory but it must have been you. It's in the handwriting.
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yep, that comment about the bible was me. :)
You discovered Mumford!! Super-glad. I read it in the past, but since have completely forgotten about him.
That book was written almost 100 years ago, but his analysis is very relevant today.
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