# Speed of technological progress and social effects

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The post argues that rapid increases in computing power do not predict social change because technical capabilities interact unevenly with cognitive and social constraints.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 28 November 2005

## Where it lives

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 28 November 2005
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: technology, social-change, complexity.

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