> Another issue: art and philosophy have very limited or zero dependence on a material substrate. Computation has overwhelming dependence on the performance of its physical substrate
That's absolutely false. Do you know why MCM furniture is characterized by bent plywood? It's because we developed the glues that enabled this during world war II. In fashion you had a lot more colors beginning in the mid 1800s because of the development of synthetic dyes. Really odd that oil paints were really perfected around Holland (major place for flax and thus linseed oil), which is what the dutch masters _did_. Architectural mcmansions began because of the development of pre-fab roof trusses in the 70s and 80s.
How about philosophy? Well, the industrial revolution and it's consequences have been a disaster for the human race. I could go on.
The issue is that engineers think they're smart and can design things from first principles. The problem is that they're really not, and design things from first principles.
That's absolutely false. Do you know why MCM furniture is characterized by bent plywood? It's because we developed the glues that enabled this during world war II. In fashion you had a lot more colors beginning in the mid 1800s because of the development of synthetic dyes. Really odd that oil paints were really perfected around Holland (major place for flax and thus linseed oil), which is what the dutch masters _did_. Architectural mcmansions began because of the development of pre-fab roof trusses in the 70s and 80s.
How about philosophy? Well, the industrial revolution and it's consequences have been a disaster for the human race. I could go on.
The issue is that engineers think they're smart and can design things from first principles. The problem is that they're really not, and design things from first principles.