King-- Your summary of the book poignantly highlights the fact that
arithmetic is not something just out there in the world, but a humanly
constructed cultural medium imbued with meanings into which power enters
in often-disturbing ways.
For odd reasons I have been reading about early American sail makers, doing
what I would call Geometry. No schooling.
mike
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