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Creative Class Warfare

Monday, April 26, 2010

Like The Who, I Sell Out In 2002 Richard Florida’s concept of a “creative class” resonated with many readers. In his book “The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It’s Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life” he had identified that in the latter decades of the 20th Century many of the more lucrative [...]

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CEOs and Tank Warfare

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

In writing about the European front in World War II, it’s been argued that American troops were well-prepared for the realities of field warfare because they hadn’t been raised to be soldiers. By training, the GIs were farmers, mechanics, workers of all stripes. When a German tank broke, more often than not the crew abandoned [...]

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Senior Management and Washing Dishes

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Months ago, I proclaimed my next blog post would be on the Semantic Web. I started writing it, then things got a little hectic. It’s been a very busy and productive summer for me, with a lot of different strands coming together in interesting ways. It’s made me thing that too often when thinking about [...]

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