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In standard economics, problems are well-defined, solutions are perfectly rational, outcomes are pure, possibly artificial in a way, but above all they are elegant. And by assumption outcomes are in equilibrium. Loosely, the economy is in equilibrium. Standard economics in a word is orderly. To borrow architect Robert Venturi’s phrase, it has “prim
... See moreW. Brian Arthur • Complexity Economics: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Institute's 2019 Fall Symposium
Digital divide and inequality:
Audrey Tang • ⿻ 數位 Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
Like the neoliberals that preceded them, the ‘neocons’ had long been nurturing their particular views on the social order, in universities (Leo Strauss at the University of Chicago being particularly influential) and well-funded think-tanks, and through influential publications (such as Commentary).20 US neoconservatives favour corporate power, pri
... See moreHarvey, David • B005x3sa74 Ebok
if the diagnosis is that Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is “another Hitler,” war might be the logical implication. However, if he is “another Moammar Gadhafi,” then strong pressure coupled with behind-the-scenes negotiation might be the chosen guiding policy.
Richard Rumelt • Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The difference and why it matters
Economics is, at best, four loosely related disciplines: applied logic, statistical analysis, social theorizing, and historical analysis.
Sacha Meyers • Bitcoin Is Venice: Essays on the Past and Future of Capitalism
In the last analysis, power comes from the vigor of minds. The English were blind to this fact; the Germans were not. Germany maintained the best school system in the world. By the 1890s, she had 2.5 times as many university students per unit of population as England.628 Victorian England, like today’s United States, maintained the illusion of pros
... See moreHoward Bloom • The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History
Effectiveness replaces morals as a yardstick for decision-making: the better I understand the way the world operates, the more I can achieve; the best decision is the one that begets the highest outcome.
Frederic Laloux • Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness
“The scarcest resources in any organization are performing people. Since World War II, the U.S. military—and so far no one else—has learned to test its placement decisions. It now thinks through what it expects of senior officers before it puts them into key commands. It then appraises their performance against those expectations. And it constantly
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