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“I am greatly impressed by his central idea, which is that we can reduce the power of the corporate state only by making it less important in our lives,” wrote John Kenneth Galbraith, speaking for many.
Charles Reich • The Greening of America
Essays
paulgraham.comThis is not unique to the federal government. It happens in all, particularly large, organizations. Expertise has this inherent defect. But in the federal government, the problem is the size of the defect.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond

What makes [breach] ... so important, and so terrifying to technocrats, is that it represents a re-embodiment of accountability.
Best Served Cold: Luigi Mangione and The Age of Breach: Technofeudalism, accountability porn and the new counterculture Alexander Beiner 12.14.2024
Best Served Cold: Luigi Mangione and The Age of Breach: Technofeudalism, accountability porn and the new counterculture Alexander Beiner 12.14.2024
2024 A+ Zettels
Should the Government Break Up Big Tech? A Soho Forum Debate
reason.comMy humbler assertion is that 2020 has punctured my confidence that the internet cannot encroach on the benefits of urban density and proximity. Going forward, many fledgling companies may agree, as they find that the city in the cloud essentially acts as a more accessible version of the city on the Earth, eerily reproducing its forces of... See more
Derek Thompson • Superstar Cities Are in Trouble
The future of the internet that most excites me is also, in many ways, a snapshot of its past. It’s a place where the Neil Gaimans of the world don’t need to feed their thoughts into an engagement engine, but can instead put out a virtual shingle on their own small patch of cyberspace and attract and build a more intimate community of like-minded... See more
Brad Borland • Neil Gaiman's Radical Vision for the Future of the Internet - Cal Newport
The Volokh Conspiracy
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