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We were lucky, I thought, dissociating, to even be able to indulge these awful priorities, to have the economic capital to be able to accrue more social capital via our looks. And then our looks, in some way, would help us guard and acquire economic capital—this was the
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
your personal style has a shape, in the most mathematical of terms.
Jessica C. Flack • Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984–2019 (Compass)
In an organization with a high capacity to adapt, people share responsibility for the larger organization’s future in addition to their identification with specific roles and functions.
Ronald A. Heifetz • The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World
shiftspace.pub • On Gathering
Only when decked out as progressive could a deeply regressive political economy become the dynamic center of a new hegemonic bloc.
Nancy Fraser • The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born: From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond
leverage relatively simple interactions to create complex patterns, systems, and transformations—including adaptation, interdependence and decentralization, fractal awareness,
adrienne maree brown • Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
To harness the radicalism we believe is inherent in markets, we must decentralize power while spurring collective action.
Eric Posner, E. Weyl • Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society
"the place-making practices within postmodernism in which queer people engage"
Kristina Busse • Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays
the indeterminacy of it all appeals to me.