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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to everybody for all these many wonderful citations on this topic! They are very useful and interesting in all kinds of ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wishing all safety and good health,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Barbara </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">MICHAEL SCROGGINS <mscroggins@ucla.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 5:34 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Barbara B Walker <bbwalker@unr.edu><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"members@lists.sigcis.org" <members@lists.sigcis.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Debunking the myth of individual genius<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ray McDermott's work on genius may also be of interest:<o:p></o:p></p>
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McDermott, Ray. 2006. “Situating Genius.” Counterpoints 249: 285–302.<br>
Mcdermott, Ray. 2004. “Materials for a Confrontation with Genius as a Personal Identity.” Ethos 32 (2): 278–88.
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 8:43 AM Barbara B Walker <<a href="mailto:bbwalker@unr.edu">bbwalker@unr.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hope everyone is safe and well.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Here is an article on the importance of looking beyond the mythologies and cults of genius in the history of science and tech.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fundark.org%2F2020%2F10%2F22%2Fthe-fiction-of-individual-genius%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cbbwalker%40unr.edu%7C69461e016ae54da0404908d8787dac57%7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd31d8%7C1%7C0%7C637391828461075563%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=EuEq6ITikimpWA4NIlL6PUmhykaGQzrldNwXH%2FXWycQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://undark.org/2020/10/22/the-fiction-of-individual-genius/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">However, I would argue that in computer history as everywhere else in the history of science and tech, debunking is not enough – we must understand the reasons, cultures and process
of cult-formation and myth-making that plays such an influential role in our understanding of the past. That’s something I’m exploring in an article on John von Neumann that I recently submitted for publication review (“Creation Myths”). Am also looking at
the formation of political personality cults in a seminar I am teaching this semester.<o:p></o:p></p>
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