In the assumption that power belongs as a matter of course to capital, all economists are Marxians.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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Monthly Archives: February 2024
Five British Universities with Interesting Wikipedia Entries
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History has proven that social systems have a great last-minute breathing power, and the guardians of the status quo are always on hand with their oxygen tents to keep the old order alive.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Luddism and science fiction concern themselves with the same questions: not merely what the technology does, but who it does it for and who it does it to.
~ Cory Doctorow
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It’s hardly surprising that the rapid transition to widespread remote work led to a greater quantity of digital communication. Especially in the early weeks of the pandemic, Zoom and Slack offered a lifeline of sorts for newly isolated members of the cubicle diaspora. But it’s striking that, even as work returned to a more stable rhythm, with more time spent back in physical offices, the amount of digital communication has remained high.
~ Cal Newport via The New Yorker
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The mark of a moderate woman is freedom from her own ideas.
~ Lao Zi
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Panic at the thought of doing a thing is a challenge to do it.
― Henry S. Haskins
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Campus Life at the
University of Cincinnati
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An economy that gives most people the chance for a decent life doesn’t arise by accident or through impersonal forces.
~ George Packer via The Atlantic
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Notable alumni
Harvard Business School
Glenn Youngkin – current Governor of Virginia and former co-CEO of The Carlyle Group – is a graduate of Harvard Business School – class of 1994.
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