\u201cIt made him smile.\u00a0 Someone had invented this thing.\u00a0 It could have been him.\u00a0 He knew where you could download vision-system libraries, and force-feedback libraries.\u00a0 He knew where you could get plans for the robotics, and off-the-shelf motors and sensors.\u00a0 Christ, these days he had a good idea where you could get the ice cream wholesale, and which crooked vending-machine interests he\u2019d have to grease to get his stuff into truck stops.\u201d Doctorow (132)<\/p>\n
In thinking about “the mind behind the artifact” (in this case the ice cream vending machine), we must think about the life of a person.\u00a0 The quote above demonstrates so many pieces of prior knowledge.\u00a0 This demonstration leads me to wonder about the instances in the maker’s life in which he learned these pieces of knowledge.\u00a0 In order to make something do you have to know something?\u00a0 Are these things slowly learned over time or can they be picked up quickly?\u00a0 Is the knowledge information? skill? both?\u00a0 Probably both and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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