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I'm actually interested in the sociology/economics of these dynamics. They're everywhere. We live in a blur and somehow things happen.. but the forces driving t
by agumonkey 5y ago
I'm actually interested in the sociology/economics of these dynamics. They're everywhere. We live in a blur and somehow things happen.. but the forces driving these moves are still difficult to grasp (for me).
- taneliv 5y agoAren't these dynamics generally known as "fashion"? There's probably tons of (academic and industry) research on the topic from sociological and economical aspects. Well, if not so much with a focus on how fashions emerge and manifest themselves within the field of programming, probably at least in many other fields.
- agumonkey 5y agoFashion is a simple way to describe it, I was looking for deeper analysis. Political influence, past fad fatigue and/or economic dry up (when the system has tried a new thing long enough it kinda wants to seek other paths, energy and belief flows naturally there, until a new slowdown occurs).
- rendall 5y agoI suspect it's chaotic and non-linear along many dimensions if it can be quantified at all.
- Jtsummers 5y agoYou may be interested in the idea of memetics. Whether it's really "correct" in any absolute sense, there are some interesting ideas and models there for things like this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics