quasi-meta
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‘Indie Capitalism’: Once you name it, it’s a Thing.
After yesterday’s rant on the Great Inevitable Future of Work, I stumble onto this article in WiReD about ‘Indie Capitalism’. This article, itself, quotes another article in Businessweek on the same subject– arguably a more mainstream/non-techie publication, which indicates that the idea has ‘arrived’, I suppose. So, ‘Indie Capitalism’ now has a name. Which means Continue reading
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contra leisuretopia (some random thoughts).
Just wanted to make note of an interesting article by sci-fi author Damien Walter in aeon magazine about the possibility of a ‘creative culture’ arising in the near future, as the natural result of increased automation and our current, inexorable shift towards a pure-knowledge economy. The article falls in line with current thoughts and assumptions Continue reading
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one month later…
…to the day, I just realized. Obama and the Quants won. Now we’re four-weeks deep into the ambiguous aftermath, headed towards what has been billed as the ‘fiscal cliff’, a time bomb strapped to economy by the lame-duck Congress of 2010. No one can agree what that means, exactly. All seem to agree that it Continue reading
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no peanuts in church…
…probably had something to do with allergic reactions in crowded spaces. The last time I was on an airplane, they wouldn’t give me my bag of peanuts. Because the kid in front of me was allergic. Some actuary had actually modeled, computed and assessed the risk of me spraying the kid in the seat in Continue reading
no peanuts in church... 