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Aren't these dynamics generally known as "fashion"? There's probably tons of (academic and industry) research on the topic from sociological and economical asp
by taneliv 4y ago
Aren'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 4y 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 4y agoI suspect it's chaotic and non-linear along many dimensions if it can be quantified at all.
- Jtsummers 4y 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