Politics
people have a general tendency to stick with their current situation.
Richard H. Thaler • Nudge: The Final Edition
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Steinbrück, Voßkuhle, de Maizière: Was ein „handlungsfähiger Staat“ nun braucht
Sondervermögen für Infrastruktur: Marode in Germany
A society’s structure and government are linked at the core to the organisation of space, and vice versa. For Foucault (2007) the definition and regulation of space is seen as governmentality, a tool for controlling and governing society. Defining certain spaces by assigning them certain properties, regulating their use and exchange, controlling
... See moreJakob Linaa Jensen • The Medieval Internet
She told me that twenty years from now, she thinks work will look like waking up in the morning, opening a device, and deciding the character and length of work that you’d like to do: a quick, day’s long project, a year-long commitment, whatever works for you, the worker, in that moment. Everyone a freelancer, everyone in control of the work
... See moreAnne Helen Petersen • How Our System Revenges Rest
People aren’t really looking to be economically stable before they start families; they’re looking to be existentially stable. They will opt-out of important life decisions altogether because they are waiting for the day when they will feel like more of a confident person with a firmer sense of self before making a commitment—not knowing that it’s
... See moreAnd you can also commit injustice by doing nothing. —Meditations 9.5
