A case study of the Scientific Revolution in Britain as intervention by a small group. This bears on one of the most surprising facts: the huge distance, 1.5 centuries, between the scientific and industrial revs. Could also shed light on the old marginal vs systemic argument: a synthesis is “do politics—to promote nonpolitical processes!”
A case study of the Scientific Revolution in Britain as intervention by a small group. This bears on one of the most surprising facts: the huge distance, 1.5 centuries, between the scientific and industrial revs. Could also shed light on the old marginal vs systemic argument: a synthesis is “do politics—to promote nonpolitical processes!”
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/RfKPzmtAwzSw49X9S/open-thread-46?commentId=rWn7HTvZaNHCedXNi