I love this very niche topic: the oft-invoked "linear model" strawman was an invention of the 1980s, as @davidedgerton.bsky.social helpfully documented back in 2004. Some insist it is not so, but I agree with David that nobody has ever believed in it. data.isiscb.org/isis/citatio...

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A must read excoriating analysis of Starmer’s Labour Party by @davidedgerton.bsky.social. He underlines both the decisive rejection of Labour’s mission to represent the organised working class or to meaningfully reform the economy in a social democratic direction.

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Starmer not helping himself with this effusive thanks

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And she’s just channeled @davidedgerton.bsky.social by saying history tells us gains accrue to those who adopt not necessarily those who invent

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Enjoyed listening to @johnmerrick.bsky.social interviewing @davidedgerton.bsky.social for @thebreakdownab.bsky.social on his histories of production and innovation and why we should be sceptical of much vaunted claims that technological innovation is the key to resolving the climate crisis.

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