Shreeharsh,

Thanks for sharing your very interesting and thoughtful piece! Glad to see other social scientists researching Big Tech and trying to make sense of where it is headed and understand those who work for that industry. In a similar vein, I'd like to share the attached with the SIGCIS community; it's a book chapter I had published in November on the future of High Performance Computing, written as part of a philosophical homage to Professor Joe Pitt at Virginia Tech's Philosophy Dept.

I don't have much of a public persona but I work for the Department of Defense as a Tech Director by day, and serve as an adjunct Prof at Virginia Tech's Science & Technology Studies Department in my off hours, where I wrote this chapter. Apologies that this version isn't machine readable but the electronic version hasn't come out yet. Happy New Year to All.

Best,

Anne

703-981-3470

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 11:01 AM Shreeharsh Kelkar <shreeharsh@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear all,

I wanted to share a new piece I wrote on whether Silicon Valley engineers are behaviorists that might be of interest to people on this list. I argue that they are not--though I'm agnostic on whether calling them behaviorists is tactically useful. Given the expertise of everyone on this list, I'd love to know if you have any feedback/thoughts/reactions.

Wishing everyone a happy holiday season!
Best,
Shreeharsh
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