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diff --git a/siliconization.mdwn b/siliconization.mdwn @@ -4,16 +4,20 @@ especially since the [[1990s|history]]. This phenomenon was particularly prominent in Eastern European countries after the fall of the USSR. The term was originally used in Romania to refer -how their local practices ("șmecherie") were obsoleted at this time. It is -also a near-anagram of "colonization". +to how their local practices ("șmecherie") were obsoleted at this time. It +is also a near-anagram of "colonization". Similar developments also took place in many other countries at this time. In Western Europe, this era is often connected to the marginalization of the earlier home computer cultures by a "Wintel" [[monoculture]] and the normalization of constant hardware "up"grades. -The spread of [[Californian ideology]] is closely connected with -siliconization. +The spread of [[Californian ideology]] and the technology startup culture +are closely connected with siliconization. + +In order to understand the effects of siliconization it is important to +remember and study the pre-siliconization computer cultures – particularly +regarding how the mindsets and values differed from those dominant today. External links: