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American Diplomacy • The Ambassadors:Thinking About Diplomacy from Machiavelli to Modern Times | American Diplomacy Est 1996
Scott Belsky Talk at South Park Commons
Often designs from frustration
Right now, greater skill is being brought by compute and developing a democratization of many things (code, design, etc.). Because of this, taste will probably be the most important skill
Taste is derived from culture and overlap of industries
Because of that
Wer sich für den Menschen einsetzt, tritt auch gegen die Mächtigen der Erde an. Für sie ist ein hoffnungsvolles Menschenbild rundherum bedrohlich. Staatsgefährdend. Autoritätsuntergrabend. Schließlich bedeutet es immer, dass wir keine egoistischen Tiere sind, die von oben herab kontrolliert, reguliert und dressiert werden müssen. Es könnte außerdem
... See moreRutger Bregman, Ulrich Faure und Gerd Busse • Im Grunde Gut
1) As a leader or manager, when something isn’t going to plan, the first step is to look into the mirror. 2) Business can be ruthless. Even if you play fair, don't expect others to do the same. 3) Unlocking your full potential may alienate you. Not everyone will understand or support your drive. 4) “Resilience” isn’t good enough. You must go
... See moreAccording to Hegel, human history was driven by a struggle for recognition. He argued that the only rational solution to the desire for recognition was universal recognition, in which the dignity of every human being was recognized.
Francis Fukuyama • Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
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Marc Andreessen • The Techno-Optimist Manifesto
As a political theorist, hooks believed fiercely in the power of naming systems—her recurring phrase, in defining what we are up against, was “white supremacist capitalist patriarchy.”5 But she was far more ambivalent about the impulse to attach identity signifiers to our beings, to brand ourselves as a this, or a that. In her landmark 1984 book, F
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