Is a ‘Stack’ the Best Way to Understand Everything? (2017)

In 1990, when computers were still merely in the process of taking over the world, John Daugman, a computer scientist and researcher at Harvard University, published an article titled “Brain Metaphor and Brain Theory,” noting a habit he had observed among his peers. “Invariably,” he wrote, “the explanatory metaphors of a given era incorporate the devices and the spectacles of the day.” The metaphors we use to talk about brains and minds struck Daugman as especially susceptible.

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