technological-determinism

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Mahoney frames machine-centred computing history as technological determinism ('impact theory') and argues for restoring human agency to the 'communities of computing'

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-18 · whig-history, historiography-of-ai, history-of-computing, mahoney, technological-determinism
Mahoney argues machine-centred computing history reads the computer's contingent path as inevitable because 'hype hides history'

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-18 · whig-history, historiography-of-ai, history-of-computing, mahoney, presentism