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{{a|writer|}}Author, with {{author|James Lindsay}}, of the brave and righteous {{br|Cynical Theories}}.

{{a|writer|}}Author, with {{author|Helen Pluckrose}}, of the brave and righteous {{br|Cynical Theories}}.

{{a|writer|}}{{author|Jason Fried}} is author of the brief, [[clixby]] and really rather good {{br|Rework}}.

...r|The Structure of Scientific Revolutions}}, a book which blowhards like {{author|Richard Dawkins}} don’t understand, notwithstanding its consistency with {{author|Imre Lakatos}}, {{author|Paul Feyerabend}} and {{author|Richard Rorty}} are fellow travellers in this excellent post-modern furrow.

{{a|author|}}Author of {{br|Risk Savvy: How To Make Good Decisions}} and all-round good dude.

...thers. Friends with {{author|Daniel Dennett}}. Completely misunderstands {{author|Thomas Kuhn}}.

...op}} and the scarily intelligent {{br|Godel, Escher Bach}}. Friends with {{author|Daniel Dennett}}.

...}} and John Lloyd’s {{br|The Deeper Meaning of Liff}} being one, and Dr. {{author|William Margrabe}}’s online ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324133701 *{{author|Douglas Adams}}

...o {{author|Joseph Campbell}}’s {{br|The Hero with a Thousand Faces}} and {{author|Christopher Booker}} here are the seven stages of the mythic journey:

...thor|}}Rock icon, superstar, cultural behemoth, rap-crossover pioneer, mis-author of [[Picture This]]. Her biography is extraordinary, even if she narrates i

{{a|writer|}}The author of: He has a thing about evolution, and he’s an intellectual compadre of {{author|Richard Dawkins}}.

...ystem analysis]] is designed to, er, avoid. {{author|Sidney Dekker}} and {{author|Charles Perrow}} had other ideas which we at the [[Jolly Contrarian]] rathe

...is a writer, coiner of cultural concepts, consultant, thought leader, and author, among a lot of other stuff, of the [[premium mediocre]] concept.

}}Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life — {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} Maybe he wears me down, but the more of {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} I read, the more I like it.

{{author|Bram Stoker}}’s famous Gothic horror, said to be inspired by his [[Proxy *{{author|Bram Stoker}}

...at [[this time is different|this time really ''is'' different]]. As with {{author|Ray Kurzweil}}’s similarly bold — and aged — prediction that {{br|The

Ladies and gentlemen, only in [[Strine]]. Just ask {{author|Afferbeck Lauder}}

...re performance]]. Also the title of a bombastic but entertaining book by {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}. *{{br|The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable}} — {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}

{{a|writer|}}Author of {{bookreview|Code: Version 2.0}}. Dab hand at [[PowerPoint]].

Idiomatic Australian, first charted by that splendid academic Professor {{author|Afferbeck Lauder}}

{{a|book review|}}{{author|Peter Thiel}} isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Not Gawker’s, at any rate, ...t, albeit vaguely, as some kind of disciple, though “being influenced by {{author|Ayn Rand}}”<ref>For some lazy condemnation, see [https://www.newyorker.co

...mage|StewartBrand|jpg|Good dude.}}}}One of the original environmentalists, author of the ''Whole Earth Catalog'' and {{br|The Clock of the Long Now}}, co-fou

{{Author|Rory Sutherland}}

...rapist, concentration camp survivor, vanquisher of Freudian psychology and author of {{br|Man’s Search for Meaning}}.

:—{{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}}, {{br|Götzen-Dämmerung}}}} ...ply neatly to individuals, it tends to apply to the ''species''.<ref>Per {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}: the gene pool is fragile, even where organisms are

{{a|writer|}}Author of {{br|The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive

...uman Error Investigations}}. [[Bonum ovum]]. Of a similar disposition to {{author|Charles Perrow}}.

Neat book by {{author|H. G. Wells}} that gave the world the [[Morlock]], the [[subject matter exp

...ut but you can never leave''?) TED talker about the [[candle problem]] and author of, among others, {{br|Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us}

{{a|opcoboone|}}{{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s series of short stories featuring the eponymous legal

{{a|writer|}}Author of {{br|The Singuilarity is Near}}, which seems no nearer 14 years after he

{{a|writer|}}Tech entrepreneur, author of {{br|Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future}}, not a

...h]]: “Oi!”</ref> and now mercifully forgotten, having been devastated by {{author|Simon Sinek}}’s excoriating, timeless classic, {{Br|The Infinite Game}}. *{{Br|The Infinite Game}}, {{author|Simon Sinek}}’s feeble attack on it

{{a|writer|}}Author of {{br|Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condi

Setting for {{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s magical reality novella, [[The Montenegro Sanction]].

{{a|book review|}}{{br|The Design of Everyday Things}} - {{author|Don Norman}}<br> {{author|Don Norman}} is one of the founding fathers of design thinking. He first pu

{{a|writer|}}{{author|Robert Cialdini}} of {{br|Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion}} and {{b

...didn’t ''catch'' him: he handed himself in — but [[hedge fund]] pioneer {{author|Edward Thorp}} identified that Madoff was a fraud when a friend asked him t ...ial Thriller}} — our review of a remarkable book by Madoff whistleblower {{author|Harry Markopolos}}

:—{{author|James C. Scott}}, {{br|Seeing Like a State}}}} ...out which rationalist economic transactions could hardly take place, and {{author|Joe Norman}}’s observation that the [[informal]] interactions in a [[syst

...n [[Bernie Madoff|B. Madoff]], despite the best efforts of whistleblower {{author|Harry Markopolos}}. *{{author|Harry Markopolos}}’ excellent book about Bernie Madoff, {{br|No One Would

{{a|people|}}A coinage of {{author|Tom Wolfe}}’s to describe Sherman McCoy, ace banker in {{br|The Bonfire o

:—{{author|John Gall}}, {{Br|Systemantics}}}} *{{Br|Systemantics}}, {{author|John Gall}}’s wonderful exposition of the horror of systems.

...ew|}}'''''Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam'' — {{Author|Vivek Ramaswamy}}''' This is a courageous book. I dare say {{Author|Vivek Ramaswamy}} has lost some friends in writing it, and while it does ma

{{aai|g|}}A term coined by {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} to describe the structure option fat cat bankers ha

Known as “[[chief double-oh]] in {{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s short story {{br|Where Legal Eagles Dare}}.

...bstruction or intervention from a guiding intelligent hand. Described by {{author|Daniel Dennett}} as a “universal acid”, the concept of the algorithm ha ...cording to {{author|Daniel Dennett}}, the great (if unstated) insight of {{author|Charles Darwin}}’s {{br|The Origin of Species}} was that the evolutionary

Also, Clarice ~, unlikely hero from {{author|Thomas Harris}}’ magnificent modern gothic horror, {{br|The Silence of th

...riter|}}An excellent fellow. Socioligist, organisational psychologist, and author of {{br|Normal Accidents}} and {{br|The Next Catastrophe}}, which have made

{{a|heroes|}}Pioneering [[Fi-Fi]] film director, sometime collaborator with author [[Hunter Barkley]] and {{otto}}, who directed {{br|The Day of the MiFID}},

...They don’t lie<ref>Though try telling that to {{author|Nancy Cartwright}}, author of {{br|How the Laws of Physics Lie}}.</ref>, so much as operate as a simpl

}}Author of the terrific introduction to [[systems theory]], {{br|Thinking in System

...f news in a newsletter is the ''primary'' data, the newsletter’s size, its author, its recipients, its publication date, the date it is read — these are al

...history of ideas. Slim, but if you fancy reading a modern synthesis, try {{author|Daniel Dennett}}’s not entirely uncontroversial {{br|Darwin’s Dangerous

}}{{br|Thinking in Systems}} by {{author|Donella H. Meadows}} :—{{br|Thinking in Systems}} by {{author|Donella H. Meadows}}.}}

=====Model 1: ''{{risk|Benign}}'', per {{author|Adam Smith}}’s {{br|The Wealth of Nations}}===== =====Model 2: ''{{risk|Brutish}}'', per {{author|Thomas Hobbes}}’ {{br|Leviathan}}=====

*{{author|Ichabod Mourant}}

Start with: ''what is design''? Generally - {{author| Don Tapscott}}’s {{br|The Design of Everyday Things}} — stuff which mi

...tion is already priced into current share prices. This owes something to {{author|Adam Smith}}’s invisible hand and the wisdom of the crowd: the infinite n Statistical arbitrageurs, value investors like Warren Buffett and {{author|Edward Thorp}}, [[Behavioural psychology|behavioural psychologists]] and, m

{{a|book review|}}{{author|Douglas Adams}}’ magnificent {{hhgg}} is a wonderful source of metaphor f

{{author|Richard Dawkins}} <br> Zoologist {{author|Richard Dawkins}} made his name originally for his lucid popular science wr

*[[Opco Boone]], brave hero of {{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s eponymous short stories.

...ertain effect”. It does ''not'' imply any ''[[intention]]'' on the event’s author to bring that effect about. ...n'' — some wantonness; a degree of design, an intention on the part of the author. I said so, stridently, and refused to back down. Though it was hardly ''[[

:—{{author|Daniel Dennett}} — {{br|Darwin’s Dangerous Idea}}, 63}} *{{br|Darwin’s Dangerous Idea}} — {{author|Daniel Dennett}}

{{a|writer|}}Author of the legendary ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324133701/http://margr

...hen, Utah. These are complex systems. Accident investigation theory from {{author|Sidney Dekker}} has the following observation: ...at least ''me'' for company. And, I think, {{author|Sidney Dekker}}. And {{author|Charles Perrow}}, were he still around. Notice the industry here: to reduce

— {{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}} {{br|Also Sprach Zarathustra}}}}

{{a|writer|}}Raconteur, bon-vivant, author of {{br|How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One}} and progenitor (thou

...gmatic slumber]]s, you need to spend a bit of time with the late, great, {{author|Richard Rorty}}.

{{a|book review|}}{{br|The Utopia of Rules}} {{author|David Graeber}}

:—{{Author|Julian Jaynes}}, {{br|The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the

}}The now-deceased author of delightfully wacky seventies classic {{br|The Origins of Consciousness i

...theory.<ref>{{br|The Hidden Half: How the World Conceals its Secrets}}, {{author|Michael Blastland}}, chapter 9.</ref>

::—{{author|Cixin Liu}}, {{br|Death’s End}}, Part V

{{a|writer|}}Flaneur, bon vivant, and hilariously bombastic author of, among others,

:—{{author|James Gleick}}

...es firm [[Wickliffe Hampton Asset Management]], and a key protagonist in {{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s forthcoming novel {{br|The ISDA Protocol}}, and bass-p

{{author|Stephen Jay Gould}}<br> ...ecent books on evolutionary science or popular atheism, you’ll know that {{author|Stephen Jay Gould}}, and particularly this book, {{br|Rocks of Ages}}, come

::—{{author|Douglas Adams}}, {{raeou}}, from {{hhgg}}

...cation]]ism hit the buffers of real-life behavioural psychology, and why {{author|Thomas Kuhn}}’s account of [[The Structure of Scientific Revolutions|scie The premises of {{author|James P. Carse}}’s {{Br|Finite and Infinite Games}} throw light here: rep

...|non-linear]], or [[complex]], interaction. Discussed at great length in {{author|Charles Perrow}}’s super book {{br|Normal Accidents: Living with High-Ris

....<ref>{{br|Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future}}, {{author|Peter Thiel}}</ref>

Originates from {{author|Charles Perrow}}’s {{br|Normal Accidents}}. *{{author|Charles Perrow}}’s magnificent {{br|Normal Accidents}}, which introduced

— {{author|Douglas Adams}}, {{hhgg}}.}}{{Extinction vs no debt due}}

...s about it are {{author|Lawrence Lessig}}’s {{br|Code: Version 2.0}} and {{author|Yochai Benkler}}’s {{br|The Wealth of Networks}}.

:— {{author|John Maynard Keynes}}, ''A Tract on Monetary Reform'' (1923)

{{author|Andrew McAfee}}<br> ...or|Chris Anderson}}’s {{br|The Long Tail}} and {{author|Don Tapscott}}’s {{author|Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything}}, and all tell me, w

...unded merely on the relations of objects, nor is perceived by reason.” — {{author|David Hume}}, ''A Treatise on Human Nature''.</ref>}} *{{br|Consilience}} — {{author|E. O. Wilson}}’s rather potty book (in which he doesn't really get to gri

...name as the first, but divine, which it held up to view and praised as the author of our greatest blessings. Modern philosophers<ref>E.g., {{author|Daniel Dennett}}.</ref>, biologists and evolutionists, of course, realise t

{{g}}Classic founding economics tract, written by {{author|Adam Smith}}. Hugely influential, though rather simplistic when compared wi

...des Lebens|military school of life]], and the intellectual foundation of {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}’s {{br|Antifragile}}.

{{a|writer|}}Fiendish brainbox and author of {{br|The Dappled World – A Study of the Boundaries of Science}} and ''

{{a|writer|}}[[Madoff]] whistleblower, author of {{br|No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller}} and these days a c

: —{{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} {{br|Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder}}

An investigative journey to track down the sainted author of this document.

:—{{author|Douglas Adams}} and John Lloyd, ''The Meaning of Liff''}}

...|James C. Scott}}, {{author|Jane Jacobs}}, {{author|W. Edwards Deming}}, {{author|Jane Jacobs}} and others who have been articulating these ideas for seventy

{{a|book review|}}{{br|Consilience}} — {{author|E. O. Wilson}} {{author|E.O. Wilson}} is just the latest biologist to try turning the base metal of

{{author|Hans Magnus Enzensberger}} {{br|The Silences of Hammerstein}} (2009)

...ter|}}Abraham “Bram” Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author, best known today for discovering the phenomenon of [[proxy jetlag]] (thoug

...time ago. Liked a cig, apparently.}}}}Not at all fictional, but rather the author of excellent fiction, including the ''Misleading Cases'' collected in ''[[U

{{a|author|{{image|Jane Jacobs|jpg|}}}}One of the [[JC]]’s special extra uber-heroes

:—{{author|Ambrose Bierce}}, {{br|The Devil’s Dictionary}}}}

:—{{author|Douglas Adams}}}}

:—{{author|John le Carré}}}} The part of language that those who see great things for

Made famous by the late great {{author|Stephen Jay Gould}} in his neo-Darwinist-bunking paper ''[[media:The Spandr

...[boilerplate]], like a [[counterparts]] clause or something — entitles its author to showboat before the deal-team, like a footballer striker’s post-goal [

}}Better known, [[as any fule kno]], as [[hary poter]], {{author|J.K. Rowling}}’s universe, which owes much to world of the grate n. moles

...e late Dentarthurdent,” said the old man, sternly. </ref> greatly lamented author of {{hhgg}}, {{raeou}} and other minor comic gems like ''The Meaning of Lif

...has an [https://thetimeblawg.com/chatbots/ excellent series] in which its author, the redoubtable Brian Inkster, valiantly tries to engage with chatbots. We

*{{author|Lawrence Lessig}}

{{A|myth|}}It is said that Children’s author Monica Dickens, on a book tour in Australia in 1964 promoting ''The Room Up

{{g}}A coinage of fabulously argumentative writer {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} in {{br|Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder

...in East Finchley to buy a copy of the gorgeous Folio Society edition of {{author|Thomas Kuhn}}’s {{br|The Structure of Scientific Revolutions}} which I sa

These days, a computer, but as {{author|Daniel Dennett}} ably demonstrated, any process which runs an [[algorithm]]

...ks with titles like “how the laws of physics lie” - not exactly from the {{author|Carl Sagan}} playbook, after all. However, despite certain allegations to t ...faculty for expounding difficult concepts — such as that possessed by a {{author|Daniel Dennett}}<ref>A philosopher who otherwise suffers in comparison</ref

...ensible explanation for this book - the Brian May in this case being not {{author|Bram Stoker}}, but his great grand-nephew, Dacre. Perhaps the Stoker litera ...how interested you’d be in “MacBeth II” written by a distant relative of {{author|William Shakespeare}}.

...ok review|}}{{br|The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable}} — {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} is, in equal parts, enthralling and infuriating. He

}}{{author|Roland Ennos}}: {{br|The Wood Age: How One Material Shaped the Whole of Hum ...ve. There is not a human life in history it has not profoundly affected. {{author|Roland Ennos}}’s excellent book asks whether we are not perhaps missing t

...ut out the sex, however joyless and mechanical its depiction may be — is {{author|George Orwell}}’s ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''.

...Illusion with Reality can be a Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life}}<br>{{author|Emanuel Derman}}<br>''First published on February 22, 2012'' ...e colleague of nobel laureate {{author|Fischer Black}}, co-inventor with {{Author|Myron Scholes}} of the (in)famous [[Black-Scholes option pricing model|Blac

:—{{author|Daniel Dennett}}, ''Free Inquiry'', Fall Issue, 1995.}} ...ur Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies}} by {{author|Marina Mazzucato}}

...it had not even ''occurred'' that they might be worth eating; that you are author of a beneficent new insight which will better illuminate the world.

...e|Structure|jpg|}}}}'''''The Structure of Scientific Revolutions''''' by {{author|Thomas Kuhn}}{{bi}} ...ially confusing continental stalwarts {{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}} and {{author|Ludwig Wittgenstein}} — as representing the fundamental underpinnings of

Named after the fictional species created by {{author|H. G. Wells}} for his 1895 novel, {{br|The Time Machine}}.

...tander Effect: Understanding the Psychology of Courage and Inaction}}<br>{{author|Catherine Sanderson}}<br> It starts out brightly but quickly gets bogged down by its author’s agenda, and goes from the interesting question “why is it that people

{{a|work|}}The hoary old chestnut that underpins {{author|Thomas Kuhn}}’s radical, [[The Structure of Scientific Revolutions|brilli If you read latter-day philosophical whizz-kid {{author|William MacAskill}}’s book {{br|What We Owe The Future}}, a question you

...s, like Richard Feynman, Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham and I dare say, {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} whose singular intelligence, peculiar worldview, re

...by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets}} — {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} ...[[standard deviation]], then, against a mean of four stars, compared to {{author|Leonard Mlodinow}}’s {{br|The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our

...of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage}}<br>{{author|Roger Martin}}<br> ...n of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage}} — {{author|Roger Martin}}<br>

...e clear, for [[passive aggressive]] types: this is simply a reference to {{author|George Orwell}}’s {{br|Nineteen Eighty-Four}}</ref>.

...a way which noted legal commentator Professor Leonard Kravitz<ref>Learned author of the celebrated monograph “''It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over''”.</re

{{a|book review|}}In ''[[The End of History and the Last Man]]'' {{author|Francis Fukuyama}} argues that with the ascendancy of Western liberal democ

{{a|book review|}}{{Br|Consciousness Explained}}<br>{{author|Daniel Dennett}} <br>''Review first published September 28, 2004''<br> ...you are left with is the mechanical functions of the brain (unless, with {{author|Roger Penrose}}, you want to say “quantum mechanics did it!”), so you d

...the Drafting of Contractual Instruments]]'' — whose very title betrays its author as the sort of fellow whose idea of “style” is a waistcoat and pantaloo

...rel]] fancier — who isn’t? — and he irritated the living ''piss'' out of {{author|Richard Dawkins}}. What’s not to like? Books include {{br|The Mismeasure

...— and I mean a ''lot'' harder than draughts or [[chess]], that it is, in {{author|Daniel Susskind}}’s mind, compelling evidence that we will shortly be goo

...perience called {{br|The Long Way}}, which is also to be memorialised in {{Author|Stewart Brand}}’s forthcoming {{Br|The Maintenance Race}}.

{{a|book review|}}{{br|The Mismeasure of Man}}<br>{{author|Stephen Jay Gould}}<br>''First published on 19 December 2008''<br> Some critics complain that in {{br|The Mismeasure of Man}} {{author|Stephen Jay Gould}} attacks a straw man: craniometry is, after all, no more

Management consultancy textbooks will glowingly quote {{author|Anthony Burgess}}: “A sure sign of an amateur is too much detail to compe

:—{{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}}, {{br|Human, All Too Human}}}}

...ry hard to strip ''all'' narrative meaning from data, because we are, in {{author|Jeremy Lent}}’s excellent term, ''pattern recognising machines''. The bes ...o certain types of “created” information automatically, investing in their author some proprietary rights to stop other people reproducing the creation. It d

{{author|Daniel Dennett}} <br> At first glance this proposition seems uncontroversial but, as {{author|Daniel Dennett}} makes clear, its implications are anything but: once you a

...The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science and What Comes Next}} — {{author|Lee Smolin}} ...ll of the physical sciences. (Yet, and without apparent irony, biologist {{author|Richard Dawkins}} makes favourable reference to the “multiverse” theory

{{a|book review|}}{{author|Bernard Moitessier}}, {{br|The Long Way: Alone Between the Sea and Sky}}, ( ...Deep Water'', both of which also cover Moitessier’s race in some detail. {{author|Stewart Brand|’s forthcoming {{br|The Maintenance Race}} also covers the

A gold star to the relentlessly imaginative {{author|Venkatesh Rao}} for this piece of genius: [https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/

{{author|Harry Markopolos}} I dare say {{author|Harry Markopolos}}, who repeatedly alerted authorities to [[Bernie Madoff]]

...rdinaire {{author|Simon Sinek}} for the TED talk which introduced him to {{author|James P. Carse}}’s obscure but brilliant book {{br|Finite and Infinite Ga ...gh Sinek’s wittering: if you just set Sinek’s book aside — it is one, in {{author|Dorothy Parker}}’s terms, to be ''thrown'' aside with great force — and

...Hits - and Big Risks - Are the Future of the Entertainment Business}} — {{author|Anita Elberse}} ...e, come to think of it — which dismantles that millennial canard that is {{author|Chris Anderson}}’s {{br|The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Sell

:: — {{author|Douglas Adams}}: {{hhgg}}. <br>

...entist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, science communicator, author, and professor. Wrote the novel on which the excellent film ''Contact'' was

{{a|book review|}}{{author|Brian Arthur}}’s treatise is a little ponderous but, all the same, is mos ..., {{tag|technology}} is its practical implementation — the sort of thing {{Author|Nancy Cartwright}} would call a “[[nomological machine]]”: an intellect

{{a|devil|}}Per {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}’s {{br|The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly I

{{author|Rory Sutherland}}’s ten rules, and how these translate into the [[JC]]’ ...xpensive behaviour signals your commitment. This is somewhat redolent of {{Author|Robert Cialdini}}’s [[reciprocity]].

...t]]”.</ref> in the [[Dewey decimal system]]. This is where you will find {{author|Charles Berlitz}}’ classic bonkers monograph {{br|The Bermuda Triangle}}

...0s management wit {{br|The Peter Principle}} and {{br|Parkinson’s Law}}. {{author|John Gall}} analyses the Kafkaesque world of modern management not in terms

:—{{author|Sidney Dekker}}, {{br|The Field Guide to Human Error Investigations}}}} *{{br|The Field Guide to Human Error Investigations}} — {{author|Sidney Dekker}}

:—{{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}}, {{br|Götzen-Dämmerung}}}} ...r|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} who first make this connection by the way, but {{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}}.

{{author|Dan Ariely}} is one. His book does what it says on the tin, by way of expla but even here others have done a better job: {{author|David Graeber}}’s {{br|Debt: The First 5,000 Years}} puts that observatio

...[[Cayman]] Brac}}}}{{br|The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst}} — {{author|Nicholas Tomalin}} :—{{author|Stewart Brand}}, {{br|The Maintenance Race}}}}

Writing about the [[Burgess Shale]], {{author|Stephen Jay Gould}} and Richard Lewontin invented the concept of “punctua

...uMM6vqB6WCsBn?si=hA61RZ68T9O3dPQumtO8Ig|2=Leadership Learns}}'' podcast, {{author|Rory Sutherland}} makes an excellent point about lateral hiring into the ma

...f algorithm, and no-one is really sure what. Some folks have some ideas: {{author|Douglas Hofstadter}} thinks the key may be [[Reflexive proposition|recursiv Machines are more like {{author|Arthur C. Clarke}}’s sentinels, watching dissociatively. They purport to

...al system as we know it. This film was the first on-screen appearance of {{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s legal hero, [[Opco Boone]], played here by French swap

{{a|book review|}}{{br|Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game}}<br>{{author|Michael Lewis}}<br>''First published on 24 April 2004''<br> I haven’t even got onto the fact that {{author|Michael Lewis}} is one of the most insightful and witty writers writing in

...demned owner, but the systemic failure that this “human error” conceals. {{author|Sidney Dekker}} rights persuasively about this in {{br|The Field Guide to H

*{{br|Antifragile}} by {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}, which discusses the convexity and concavity of opt

{{a|drafting|}}The principle of legal drafting, which we attribute to {{author|Stanley Fish}} and his work {{br|How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read O

{{Author|Jason Fried}}

...ter and basically more effective way of getting by, look no further than {{author|Gerd Gigerenzer}}, and books of his like {{br|Risk Savvy: How To Make Good

:—{{author|David Graeber}}}} ...a that we can atomise these vital, ineffable social interrelationships — {{author|James C. Scott}} might have called them “[[Legible|illegible]]” — to

:—{{author|Stewart Brand}}, {{br|The Maintenance Race}}}} ...effect” — formulated by {{author|Benoit Mandelbrot}} and popularised by {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} — proposes that the life expectancy of an idea is

...nd if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into you.” — {{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}}, freely (that is, inexpertly) translated by the [[JC]

*{{author|Bram Stoker}}

This author says “no”. Fun fact: “[[relevant]]” appears 272 times in the {{eqde

{{author|Alan Moore}}, {{br|Jerusalem}}}}[[Systems theory]] eschews the reductionist Systems are comprised of stocks, flows, and feedback loops. Good primer is {{author|Donella H. Meadows}}’ {{br|Thinking in Systems}}.

{{author|Daniel Dennett}}<br> ...anist in the case of Darwin vs. God in “{{br|Darwin’s Dangerous Idea}}”, {{author|Daniel Dennett}} now purports to settle the third of the great metaphysical

{{a|devil|}}The magic of {{author|Adam Smith}}’s [[invisible hand]] is an articulation of {{br|The Wisdom o

*{{br|The Structure of Scientific Revolutions}} — {{author|Thomas Kuhn}}’s wonderful book which explains this is a different, but ju

Some, like {{author|Joel Bakan}}, argue that if [[The Corporation - Book Review|corporation]]s

}}Vice chairman of Ogilvy, originator of its behavioural psychology unit, author of {{br|Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas that Don’t Make Sense}} an

As {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} notes in his fantastically bombastic {{br|The Black

...strates the power of commitment to Bernard, yesterday<br>}}Documented in {{author|Robert Cialdini}}’s seminal book on [[persuasion]] techniques, {{br|Influ

...age]] can be a little addictive, which may or may not be a plot point in {{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s forthcoming novel {{br|The ISDA Protocol}}.</ref> In f

...persuasion, {{br|Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion}}, psychologist {{author|Robert Cialdini}}’s lists 6 types of persuasion.

::{{author|Richard Feynman}}, ''Los Alamos From Below''

...is bid to cleanse himself of a lifetime of tedium became the worst-selling author of '''''[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B078LMG24Q The Montenegro Sanction]'''

...than substance and was otherwise largely complimentary. Other than that, {{author|Richard Dawkins}} has spent a lazy couple of sides outlining the theory, on ...the sort of outlook you might find in {{author|Ludwig Wittgenstein}} or {{author|Richard Rorty}}, for example.

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*Think of the world in terms of [[System analysis|systems]], not units — {{author|Donella H. Meadows}}

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}}{{br|Sign Here: The Enterprise Guide to Closing Contracts Quickly}} — {{author|Alex Hamilton}} ...ow about designing commercial legal process in the twenty first century” {{author|Alex Hamilton}} has sold himself short. This is a really good book, filled

...s. It was invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1804, and technology guru {{author|James Burke}} — a super cool seventies guy and former of great impression

...[[adding]] each other to conversations they don’t care to be a part of. {{author|Joel Bakan}} says a [[corporation]] is like a [[psychopath]]. It might be '

...volution continues we should expect contracts and code to come together: {{author|Lawrence Lessig}} would say at some point they will converge: ''[[Code: Ver

...m what we [[The Singularity is Near - Book Review|said a decade]] ago to {{author|Ray Kurzweil}}: “... it’s easy to be smug as I type on my decidedly phy ...ted by complex systems, let alone exploiting, or solving, them. Just ask {{author|Charles Perrow}}: this is the basic learning of [[complexity]] theory. And

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...Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them}} by {{Author|John Mueller}} (2006)

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...e got our backs on that — but demand-side ''attention and money''.</ref> {{author|Chris Anderson}}’s [[The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling

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...n nations in the same global supply chain would be impossible,<ref>Among {{Author|Thomas Friedman}}’s hot takes are “No two countries that have a McDonal

...paradox]], in honour of the late contrarian and anti-capitalist agitant, {{author|David Graeber}}, whose short book {{br|Bullshit Jobs: A Theory}}<ref>This b

...[Madoff]]’s regulators were ''not'' asleep at the switch because we have {{author|Harry Markopolos}}’s testimony that they ''can’t have been'': he kept p

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...ive we have supplied it — we are in a period of “[[normal science]]”<ref>{{Author|Thomas Kuhn}}, {{br|The Structure of Scientific Revolutions}}. If you take

...ments was free and instantaneous. It was like the sorcerer’s apprentice. {{author|Stanley Fish}} even wrote a [[How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One

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...re-evaluate, and toss out whatever you might have concluded before now. {{author|Philip Tetlock}}’s “{{br|Superforecasters}}” are complex systems thin

{{author|David Lange}}<br>

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...conservative, or ''vice versa''. Just ask {{author|Helen Pluckrose}} or {{author|Kathleen Stock}}.

{{Author|Ray Kurzweil}} will tell you we are at an inflection point where our techno

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{{Drop|I|t is said}} beatnik [[Fi-Fi]] hack and sometime swap pioneer {{author|Hunter Barkley}} came up with the idea of [[discredit derivatives]] at the

{{author|Venkatesh Rao}} on a podcast somewhere<ref>{{plainlink|https://www.infinite

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...at lone wolf of clarity on the prairie of dense American legal drafting, {{author|Kenneth A. Adams}} once devoted a [https://www.adamsdrafting.com/wp/wp-cont

...great tide, and return to the animals rather than overcome yourself?” — {{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}}, {{br|Also Sprach Zarathustra}}</ref>

...ganising sensory input to make sense of it. Call this “narratisation” (© {{author|Julian Jaynes}}) or coining a {{t|metaphor}}. <br>

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[[Thought leader]]s<ref>See {{author|Daniel Susskind}}’s {{br|A World Without Work}} for the classic case of t

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...than accept it, thereby giving cover 2 to micro dictator behaviour. See: {{author|Peter Thiel}} — {{br|Zero to One}}

...the internet is architected]], literally from its very bottom layer.<ref>{{author|Lawrence Lessig}}’s magical {{br|Code: Version 2.0}} has a fabulous accou

...a learned fellow) and programmatic (outright [[Chatbot]] fodder) — blame {{author|Richard Susskind}} for this easy categorisation; it was his idea — notwi

...t and there is trust. Literally, and they operate at different layers in {{Author|Stewart Brand}}’s [[pace layering]] schema. The layering point is importa

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...ncialisation of everything. How blockchain commits the daycare fallacy - {{author|David Graeber}}’s debt analysis ...ivilization about the folly of using magic to take shortcuts. If we take {{author|Arthur C. Clarke}} at his word that any sufficiently advanced technology is

...big idea isn’t that flash, and someone will do it, and undercut you. See {{author|Roger Martin}}’s the {{br|The Design of Business: Why Design is the Next

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...]] game, for which the option payoff is markedly different. This is what {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}} calls the “Rubin Trade”.

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..., why not change it?<ref>For an excellent argument along these lines see {{Author|David Graeber}}, {{br|Debt: The First 5,000 Years}}</ref>

...of this millennium by derivatives pioneer and perennial boiler of pots, {{author|Hunter Barkley}}.

...in the first place as a substitute for the inconvenience of barter.<ref>{{author|David Graeber}}’s book is compelling that this is a fairy story with no g

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