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reduce the scope for people to meaningfully participate in shaping their lives and communities. We will call these threats “centralizing”.
Audrey Tang • ⿻ 數位 Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
A few examples include: Greed is good. Maximizing pleasure from consumption is the goal. A billion acts of selfishness will lead to a prosperous society. The social duty of business is just to maximize its profits. There’s no such thing as society, only individuals—that was Margaret Thatcher’s famous quote. Markets are efficient; other institutions
... See moreW. Brian Arthur • Complexity Economics: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Institute's 2019 Fall Symposium
The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market
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The point is not that all banking is a fraud, but rather the more subtle point that we rely on the judgments of others when we decide whom to trust. For years, Madoff had been a well-respected figure in the investment community. Madoff’s fraud was possible only because so many people trusted him. The more people trusted him, the easier it was for
... See moreTyler Cowen • The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better: A Penguin eSpecial from Dutton
When we do, we assume the politicians are clients in a patron–client relationship, and we assume their obligations will cloud their impartial judgment.
Jessica C. Flack • Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984–2019 (Compass)
archive.ph • Tyler Cowen, the Man Who Wants to Know Everything
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