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What would peace look like? Many have wrestled with the question. Perhaps it can be enforced? Empires have prided themselves on being peace-bringers and peacekeepers. But this is a paradox. A peace brought about with the threat of violence
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“In fact, the ratio of CEO pay to average worker pay has increased from 70 in 1990 to 300 in 2005, and much of this growth is linked to the greater use of IT,”
― Race Against The Machine
― Race Against The Machine
“Ford CEO Henry Ford II and United Automobile Workers president Walter Reuther are jointly touring a modern auto plant. Ford jokingly jabs at Reuther: “Walter, how are you going to get these robots to pay UAW dues?” Not missing a beat, Reuther responds: “Henry, how are you going to get them to buy your cars?”
― Race Against The Machine
― Race Against The Machine
“Look, let’s not turn this into a blamestorming session. There’ll be plenty of time for that if we fail.”
― Daemon
― Daemon
“Talent alone isn’t enough,” said Marcus. “You must adhere to good spell design practices. Even the most talented wizards can get careless and sloppy.”
― Best Practices of Spell Design
― Best Practices of Spell Design
“The most productive firms reinvented and reorganized decision rights, incentives systems, information flows, hiring systems, and other aspects of organizational capital to get the most from the technology. This, in turn, required radically different and, generally, higher skill levels in the workforce.”
― Race Against The Machine
― Race Against The Machine
TechLore
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Lore is a body of traditions and knowledge held by a particular group, typically passed from person to person by word of mouth. Tech culture is a trad ...more
SICP
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Reading and discussing Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Free online version https://github.com/sarabander/sicp-pdf
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