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See also: Hubris. and {{author|Charles Perrow}}’s super book, {{br|Normal Accidents}}, which wasn’t re

There is a contrarian view, articulated by {{author|James C. Scott}}<ref>{{author|James C. Scott}} — {{br|Seeing Like a State}} (1998).</ref> that this kin

{{a|book review|}}{{br|Outliers: The Story of Success}} — {{author|Malcolm Gladwell}} A criticism common to both {{author|Malcolm Gladwell}}’s previous books, {{br|Blink: The Power of Thinking Wi

...and analogue worlds have become “[[non-overlapping magisteria]]” to use {{author|Stephen Jay Gould}}’s excellent term from {{br|Rocks of Ages}}. It is a c

...dates this to the widespread introduction of [[email]], but the fabulous {{author|James Burke}} makes a good argument that it started 200 is years ago with t

...sed productivity and excellent performance than the discretionary bonus. {{author|Daniel Pink}} has made a fair bit of his own compensation making this very *{{br|Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us}} — {{author|Daniel Pink}}

For as {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} has observed: ''all'' [[employee]]s have one, ''eno

...his suggests they haven’t read — or at any rate understood — the lessons {{author|Michael Lewis}}’s [[Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game]] has to

In {{br|Seeing Like A State}}, {{Author|James C. Scott}} calls this the problem of [[legibility]] — because a sim ...-enforced model that ''corrupts'' the behaviour of the system in itself. {{Author|Jane Jacobs}} makes the same observation about the modernist city planners

{{author|Daniel Dennett}} <br> {{author|Daniel Dennett}} has a knack for a pithy aphorism. He writes technical phil

{{a|book review|}}{{br|The Essential Deming}} {{author|W. Edwards Deming}} <br>

This is not a new conundrum. It was first posed by {{author|David Hume}}, in 1739 — “necessary connexion” was his phrase — and *{{br|The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect}} by {{author|Judea Pearl}}

}}{{c|Design}}A concept coined by {{author|Stuart Kauffman}} that contemplates the [[path-dependency]] of [[evolution] {{author|David Graeber}}, quoted by [[Adam Curtis]], puts it nicely:

: — {{author|Norbert Wiener}}, quoted by {{author|James Burke}}}}

::—{{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s forthcoming {{br|The ISDA Protocol}} (as yet unpublish

Named by {{author|Mihály Csíkszentmihályi}} — that’s pronounced something like “Me-h

{{a|design|}}In {{Author|Don Norman}}’s terms<ref>{{Br|The Design of Everyday Things}}</ref> desig

:—The late, greatly lamented {{author|Douglas Adams}}, {{br|Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency}}}} ...]] is no subscriber to the dismal futurism of {{author|Ray Kurzweil}} or {{author|Daniel Susskind}}.</ref> Unless, by occupation, you mindlessly follow prede

Case in point: {{author|Adam Smith}}’s [[invisible hand]]. Its beauty as a model is it supposes e

*{{author|Ray Kurzweil}}