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Yet he and his descendants structured their lives around language and caste, Gujarati, Khatri, specific and recognizable, so tightly that his granddaughters, for example, to this day have only Khatri associates, their social lives almost exclusively composed of relatives, even though they live in Toronto, London, and other metropolises. This clanni
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So floriert oberhalb einer relativ niedrigen Einkommensschicht fast überall da, wo beschleunigter Konsum zur Normalität geworden ist, eine nichtssagende Nettigkeit – und zwar nicht nur in bestimmten sozialen Schichten, Berufs- oder Altersgruppen. Paul Valéry glaubte schon in den zwanziger Jahren vorauszusehen, dass die technokratische Zivilisation
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Es gibt eine Seite der Renaissance, die wenig mit neuem Humanismus, behutsamer Wiederentdeckung des antiken Erbes und früher Aufklärung zu tun hat und einen solchen feldzugartigen Protest geradezu herausforderte. Diese kalte, auf reine Logik und Erfolg fixierte, gleichsam wertneutrale Seite der Renaissance setzt bedingungslos auf das Individuum und
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e-flux.comis true that it is generally difficult to grow larger communities without weakening the bonds that tie everyone together. Public choice theorists have long demonstrated why special interests, when conflicting with the interests of a larger group (such as the entire middle class), tend to win in the end—namely, because it’s easier to organize a smal
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There is simply no coordinated effort to educate the Jewish people in a way that empowers them.
Rabbi Elie Kaunfer • Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building Vibrant Jewish Communities
A meritocracy can only function through a centrally directed and rigidly planned system that measures ‘production’ and individual contributions to it. The nature of the system limits the number of ‘winners’; only the best can be boss.8
Paul Verhaeghe • What About Me?: The Struggle for Identity in a Market-Based Society

Dr. Deming and fellow engineer and statistician Dr. Genichi Taguchi founded what would become the American Supplier Institute.