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That's a great line - the world isn't Kubernetes. Yes, in the real world, things break and problems arise. Things that worked in one context break down in another. In one of the ch…

Full/Total/Complete automation is one of the fictions, but it's not the only one. Automation is also framed as a universal phenomenon that will sweep across the globe, remaking 'th…

Yes, the promises of full automation have been around for at least a century, where we can go back to texts in the 20s, 30s, 40s, etc and see these claims of technical systems taki…

Of course, as the author, I think we'll have to agree to disagree on this. :-) The first chapter establishes what is and isn't being claimed and the rest of the book fleshes those …

Yes the title is provocative, and can only be so long. The introduction chapter articulates more precisely what I'm arguing. Chapter summaries are available here: https://www.sup.o…

In the tech case, there's a definite trend of overpromising, which wins funding, contracts, and so on, and then underdelivering. There's a few different examples in the book where …

Some HNers might be interested in the book below, which is coming out in a couple weeks with Stanford, and which can be pre-ordered now. It uses a provocative claim to push against…

Interesting to see a few posts on HN recently advocating for 'dumb' or 'boring' tech as I'd been writing an article on 'dumb technology' along the same lines. Comments welcome. htt…

Interesting to see a few posts on HN recently advocating for 'dumb' and 'boring' tech. I'd actually been working on an article on 'dumb technology' along the same lines. Comments w…

This. These researchers clearly don't have kids. This kind of behaviour is a big part of how they learn. Do something, see what happens. Keep doing it, see if anything changes. Int…

I've been really interested in exactly this question - the technical drive to revisit moments when contingency (and tragedy) emerges. I've been working on an artwork around this, "…