Sidney Winter is against the cult of the lightbulb
Posted: October 19, 2011 Filed under: innovation 5 CommentsSid Winter doesn’t like “the cult of the light bulb.” Worth watching. (I disagree with his argument, for many reasons, but that is beside the point. Interesting lecture.)
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I was half-expecting a talk decrying the move away from burning things for light.
This feels like a little of a straw man discussion – is there really anyone out there denying the role of cumulative understanding (for example) ?
Indy: Well, there’s lots and lots to be unpacked in this conversation. History versus theory, effect size at individual versus collective levels, questions of imputation and theoretical focus, etc, etc. We’ll return to these issues in upcoming posts.
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it is really very important to use low power light bulbs these days to conserve electricity :
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