introduction
What makes knowledge reliable, and how can it outlive its makers?
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The lecture sequence
Twelve two-hour meetings, from early knowledge to the connected present.
Lecture numbers identify teaching units, not calendar weeks. The midterm interrupts the sequence; the final semester meeting is reserved for recap or a special activity. Slide downloads will appear here when released.
Tuesday · 10:30–12:30
early civilizations to late antiquity
How did practical needs help people develop systematic knowledge?
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Knowledge across the medieval world
approximately 500–1500
What happens to knowledge when it crosses languages and cultures?
Explore lecture →Read booklet →Slides (PDF) ↓approximately 1450–1800
How did instruments, publication, and new institutions change scientific authority?
Explore lecture →Read booklet →Slides (PDF) ↓approximately 1450–1900
How did scientific and technical institutions respond to local needs and exchange?
Explore lecture →Read booklet →Slides (PDF) ↓approximately 1750–1850
How did new sources of power change work and daily life?
Explore lecture →Read booklet →Slides (PDF) ↓approximately 1850–1914
Why does an invention need a whole system around it?
Explore lecture →Read booklet →Slides (PDF) ↓approximately 1900–1950, with a brief postwar bridge
What changes when production, media, and science operate at scale?
Explore lecture →Slides forthcomingapproximately 1940s–1980s
Why did programmable electronics transform so many activities?
Explore lecture →Slides forthcomingapproximately 1970s–2000s
How did connected computers change the way people share information and work?
Explore lecture →Slides forthcoming2000s onward
What do connected production and AI add to earlier automation?
Explore lecture →Slides forthcomingcontemporary synthesis
How should societies reason about scientific evidence and technological choices?
Explore lecture →Slides forthcoming