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The concept of having to reinvent stuff because we lost all of the tacit knowledge associated with it is very interesting. Donald MacKenzie wrote about this in
by thejo 16y ago
The concept of having to reinvent stuff because we lost all of the tacit knowledge associated with it is very interesting. Donald MacKenzie wrote about this in the context of nuclear weapons -
Tacit knowledge and the uninvention of nuclear weapons ( http://books.google.com/books?id=c5YaHkcP6DEC&lpg=PP1&dq=knowing%20machines&pg=PA215#v=onepage&q&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=c5YaHkcP6DEC&lpg=PP1... )
It's highly recommended if you're wondering how things can get uninvented.