tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831412.post7232559447382599205..comments2023-10-11T03:43:28.302-04:00Comments on Confessions of a Science Librarian: Ayres, Ian. Super Crunchers: Why thinking-by-numbers is the new way to be smart. New York: Bantan, 2007. 260pp.John Dupuishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829396649299444557noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831412.post-49127692839502091682009-07-08T13:33:40.697-04:002009-07-08T13:33:40.697-04:00The obvious problem with this theory as a system o...The obvious problem with this theory as a system of life is the assumptions it leaves unquestioned. Look at the stuff on "better" movies, and the definition is one that makes more money for less input of all kinds, incidentally including artistic. The effect these sorts of movies have on our culture, versus, say - the infamous "hated but eventually recognized as a classic" - is utterly ignored. In general, the book, being a business book, assumes that untrammeled capitalism makes the best moral decisions.<br /><br />Or in simpler terms, just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you SHOULD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com