Contingent Thoughts

About the Substack

Contingent Thoughts is just what it says: ideas set down in a specific context, a particular juncture, that may prove wrong or evolve. My main subject is culture and technology. My approach is historical and personal.

About Guy Wilson

Being a child of the Cold War, a former college history instructor, and currently an instructional technologist, I have wide-ranging interests, look for connections, and am interested in how culture and technology intersect.

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