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There are only three ways to get a bureaucracy to do anything it wasn’t designed to do: by stealth, with secret and deniable support from allies in the staff hierarchy; by getting air-cover from a sufficiently high-up Sociopath who can play poker with whichever oversubscribed Sociopath is in charge of exception-handling for the specific process (i.
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Berkman Briefing: Rip, Mix, and Burn - Lessig's Case for Building a Free Culture
Mary Bridgescyber.harvard.edu
“…the stammerings of an old man who does not seem to have achieved a full psychic victory over an awkward adolescence…”
Eugene Thacker • Infinite Resignation
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Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
The Scientists, the Statesmen, and the Bomb - A case study in decision-making around the development of powerful technologies
bismarckanalysis.comObviously Reich’s influence went way beyond just me. Alongside other authors such as Anthony Giddens[411] and Jeremy Rifkin[412], he was instrumental in crafting the message of a new generation of progressive leaders that the era of the steady, lifelong job was over. In a more global and unstable world, lifelong education was the new key to providi
... See moreNicolas Colin • Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age
Decoding Digital Culture with Science Fiction: Hyper-Modernism, Hyperreality, and Posthumanism
Exploring the intersection of digital culture, science fiction, hyper-modernism, hyperreality, and posthumanism, emphasizing the transformative impact of digital technologies and Creative Coding on society and individual lives.
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