Thursday, February 3, 2011

Technological Lock-In...

Neal Stephenson (yes, that Neal Stephenson) with an excellent piece on rockets as an example of technological lock-in.  It includes a fascinating analysis of how rockets came to be as they are, along with some informed speculation about why alternatives to rockets haven't been developed.

It's nice to see some new writing by Neal Stephenson; it's been a while since I've had that pleasure...

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