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origin of _____

origin of _____

John Henry Clippinger’s book “A Crowd of One.” has a bunch of interesting thoughts in it.  However they are not really wound into anything in particular… just left…

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a crowd of one

a crowd of one

Just finished reading John Henry Clippinger’s book “A Crowd of One.”
Identities are created by negatives… by what they are not: this identity is not shiny, white…

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contents of the business network

contents of the business network

The Santa Fe Institute hosted one of it’s Business Network Theme Weeks on September 14th through the 18th, 2009.  It was a great event and among many, many…

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highway ?

highway ?

I really enjoy traveling. Even in our globalized world, context still matters. Today was the first time I’ve seen a designated highway realized in a dirt road….

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day five

day five

Roger Burkhart, Joe Lambke, Alfred Hubler, Massimiliano SpazianiBrunella, & Joris Prikken
todays discussion of “scientific consulting” competition space:
Media Lab/MIT
CANet/Northwestern
BizNet/SFI
All provide a means for corporations…

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living

living

So close.
Fun day, surprising day walking to lunch with physicist Roy Benedek… finding Steen Rasmussen meeting with Rick Stevens. Rick is nominally a computer scientist, and Steen…

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protestant work ethic

protestant work ethic

Prompted by Mike Harrold’s post on Facebook: Max Weber’s “Protestant Ethic”, which in turn was prompted by an article in the New Yorker: Why Work?.
To begin,…

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theory and computing sciences building | idea

theory and computing sciences building | idea

In a surprisingly fun turn of events, at a certain point in time, it was necessary to quickly communicate the possible ways people might use the new building.  In a…

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