Forms of Social Organisation
This article reviews two volumes of previously uncollected papers by the influential anthropologist Mary Douglas. The review re-examines Douglas's core arguments on the limited variety of fundamental ...
7 Apr 28min
Infrastructure as a code
Infrastructure as Code: Designing and Delivering Dynamic Systems for the Cloud Age by Kief Morris (O’Reilly Media, third edition) present a practical vision for building and evolving cloud infrastruct...
6 Apr 14min
Structure of Language
Lasnik and Uriagereka's Structure: Concepts, Consequences, Interactions explores the nature of syntactic structure in human language. The authors, prominent figures in generative linguistics, present ...
6 Apr 14min
The State, China and the USA
Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future explores China’s transformation into an “engineering state” driven by grand projects, rapid innovation, and tight social control. Unlike the procedural,...
3 Apr 14min
Crowd-Based Business
This book, "Crowd-Based Business Models Using Collective Intelligence for Market Competitiveness," by Rajagopal, explores how businesses can leverage the power of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding to gai...
3 Apr 21min
The paradox of coercion
The excerpt sheds light on a powerful idea in international relations—the assurance dilemma. It argues that coercion works only when threats are matched by genuine promises of safety after compliance....
2 Apr 14min
Venture Capital
The culmination of various perspectives on venture capital, focusing on the dynamics between venture capitalists (VCs) and entrepreneurs. One text guides entrepreneurs navigating the VC landscape, cov...
2 Apr 15min
Artifacts Versus Nature Body
This text excerpts from Masayuki Matsui's book introduces a new academic discipline focusing on the 3M&I body (human, material, money, and information). Matsui develops a "sandwich theory" and pair-ma...
1 Apr 12min
