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Michal Migurski's Reblog: Published items tagged with "actornetwork" (items 1 to 25)

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Nov 25, 2009

 
"The point of all this history is that when we see something from the past like air conditioning or electric space heating gain wide consumer acceptance, it's easy to assume that the technology simply got better. People wanted it! Consumers, surveying the scene, simply picked the best available solution. We discount the lobbying and strategy of the firms as well as government's involvement and ascribe all the adoption to 'technological improvement.'"

Originally from Inventing Green by admin reBlogged to technology policy history adoption curve airconditioning actornetwork on Jul 20, 2009, 8:05PM

Jun 16, 2009

 
"At one point Daniels took me down into what he calls his war room, a large space with huge maps on the wall and thousands of pages of regulatory documents piled on tables. One thing you notice if you spend time with rail planners is that it's difficult to separate engineering concerns from economic and political issues. ... It seems to amuse Morshed that everyone sees his group as dreamers, whereas he sees them as realists. The fundamental case made by his rail authority is that the stupendous cost of the rail plan is still tens of billions of dollars lower than the other option - expanding the highways and airports to accommodate the state’s population growth."