Hello! I wonder if anyone in the group could point me to a resource or two on the "Laws" and Maxims that seem to pervade the technology industry. I'm thinking of things such as Moore's Law, Brooks' Law, etc. I guess I'm especially looking for some kind of "meta scholarship" on laws and maxims themselves. It's simple enough to find sources that explain or contextualize the laws themselves. but a bit harder to find scholarship on the big picture. A bit of context: I'm working on my dissertation, which involves the rhetoric that technological choices are built upon, and I've stumbled across an allusion to Amara's Law (i.e., People tend to overestimate technology in the short term and underestimate it in the long term.). I got to wondering just how big of a role such laws play in technology decisions. Thanks in advance! -Josh -- Joshua Welsh PhD Candidate, Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communication University of Minnesota Department of Writing Studies 214 Nolte Center 315 Pillsbury Dr SE Minneapolis, MN 55455