post-industrialism

Iran, An Intro to the Age of Openness?

by Brian on 06-16-2009

in canada,civics,culture,global

I’m absolutely enthralled by this, both emotionally and intellectually. My passion is driving me to reason that we’re in the midst of one of history’s great moments. Historians a century from now will yearn to imagine what it was like to actually experience these changes (I mean the large-scale shifts). Let’s not squander this. We’ll [...]

Tagged as: age of openness, ex industrialism, geopolitics, iran, mousavi, narrative, openness, politics, post-industrialism

‘Selfless’ and ‘Selfish’ are Both Myths

by Brian on 06-09-2009

in business,civics,creativity,economics,london,science

My work on the LdnBeta thing really exemplifies my “learning is personal, knowledge is social” mantra. I’ve been putting an awful lot of time into it — which would seem to be a great personal loss — but it’s gratifying be stretched a little. As per Csikszentmihalyi’s flow theory it’s great (for a change) to have Direct [...]

Tagged as: altruism, anticapitalism, capitalism, change, cultural evolution, ex industrialism, industrialism, metaphors, post-industrialism, selfishness, selflessness, society

The Silicon Valley Model

by Brian on 04-16-2009

in business,economics,london

Boston’s case illustrates the difficulty you’d have establishing a new startup hub this late in the game. If you wanted to create a startup hub by reproducing the way existing ones happened, the way to do it would be to establish a first-rate research university in a place so nice that rich people wanted to live there. [...]

Tagged as: business, change, cities, creativity, culture, economics, geography, harvard business school, industrialism, management, new economy, organizations, paul graham, post-industrialism, roger martin, scientific management, silicon valley, six sigma, taylorism