Adam Smith would have avoided this mess
Amartya Sen takes on free-market orthodoxy by looking at what its patron saint […]
Notes on Paradise Lost, Book I
After nearly two years, I have finished Paradise Lost, and along with the […]
Branding for Cows and Companies
The silly title of “Branding Only Works on Cattle” stopped me from opening […]
QOTD — Mary Midgley
…the main thing that blocks our achievements is not lack of talent, which […]
Stealing MySpace
My review of Julia Angwin’s Stealing MySpace, MySpace Odyssey My central theme, that […]
The media is dead, long live the town crier
So says Bob Garfield, in this piece on Ad Age that goes on […]
Sylvania looks for a new light bulb
My piece Sylvania Builds for a Bulbless Future is in the new issue […]
Living Locally, not Globally
Does the downturn herald a shift to the way people lived at the […]
Shirky finds a way forward for news
Internet thinker Clay Shirky has a great post on innovation, disguised as a […]
The hot Virtual Goods economy
Bill Gurley has an insightful post on why virtual goods will emerge as […]