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Chris Dixon: How Aristotle Created the Computer
- vikiomega9 10y agoSerious question here as I try to form a more balance view of history among other things, why do I always get the feeling that articles like these are very biased towards Western/Greek thinking and essentially erase everything else around that narrative? Are there good book suggestions I can read to clarify my question?
- good_vibes 10y agoTao of Physics by Fritjof Capra. Cosmos by Carl Sagan. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. Albert Einstein by Walter Isaacson. The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. I am Indian-American and know exactly what you mean. I'm currently writing stuff for my 'science project' that hopes to synthesize Eastern and Western, Ancient and Modern schools of thought.
- vikiomega9 10y agoThanks for the recommendations, I think I've overlooked Swami Vivekananda. I'm wondering if you have come across works that are more academic?
- good_vibes 10y agoTherein lies your main problem. The one that Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein spoke about extensively. The mindset of academia actually is corrosive to many of the world's most brilliant minds. He inspired Tesla and Gandhi and practically established all of modern India with the power of his words. He was a scientist who renounced the world and he died in deep meditation.
- grzm 10y agoActual title: "How Aristotle Created the Computer"
- good_vibes 10y agoI honestly just posted it for the discussion. I'm Indian-American and would say that Buddha and Gandhi had as much to do as Newton and Einstein did for Steve Job's intellectual and creative development. Without whom, I'm not sure who would have brought all those pieces together and make them as tangible to understand as an apple. I know it's 'cool' to bash anything that is 'mainstream' but there is a lot of interesting history behind the birth of computing as we know it today.
- grzm 10y agoMy comment is only to reflect that the "Chris Dixon" was added by the submitter. The guidelines recommend using the article title for the submission unchanged (with a few exceptions). https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- good_vibes 10y agoOh, that's news to me.