I’ve taken to calling the pieces I write for FreakTakes “administrative histories.” The reason I opted for that name instead of “progress studies histories” or “metascience histories” is that it was the name that drew the fewest confused stares and/or eye rolls from the scientists and engineers whom I hope to attract. Some think this classification is a bit boring…but I have no problem with that! After all, I have — to some extent — made my name diving deeper into the boring details of science and engineering history than most would ever feel incentivized to do just to answer specific questions like “
Coming Soon...Diving into ARPA History
Amazing topic!
Can’t wait, seems epic