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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
How to effect change: Alinsky versus JesusI came across a Wikipedia entry about Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals that summarized his teaching about social activism. Is it the way to go? It certainly seems a popular approach. Should Christians follow the same formula,...
How to effect change: Alinsky versus JesusI came across a Wikipedia entry about Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals that summarized his teaching about social activism. Is it the way to go? It certainly seems a popular approach. Should Christians follow the same formula,...
All Around The World, Labor Is Losing Out To Capital
Via Business Insider: The “labour share” of national income has been falling across much of the world since the 1980s (see chart). The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a club of mostly rich countries, reckons that labour captured just 62%...
How Computers Have Changed Chess
Via Business Insider: Thanks to powerful computers, a player can gain incredible insight into the weaknesses and strengths of a given opening strategy. This to combat this, a player must have a varied opening repertoire, and not rely too much on any one line, lest...
How Computers Have Changed Chess
Via Business Insider: Thanks to powerful computers, a player can gain incredible insight into the weaknesses and strengths of a given opening strategy. This to combat this, a player must have a varied opening repertoire, and not rely too much on any one line, lest...
Why ‘Fail Fast’ Isn’t Good Advice
Via Business Insider : "Fail fast" has become standard entrepreneurial advice. Startups and small businesses are told they shouldn't worry about messing up, because it's better to quickly realize that something's not working and move on. That's the right idea...
Why ‘Fail Fast’ Isn’t Good Advice
Via Business Insider : "Fail fast" has become standard entrepreneurial advice. Startups and small businesses are told they shouldn't worry about messing up, because it's better to quickly realize that something's not working and move on. That's the right idea...
The way government does tech is outdated and risky
Via Washington Post: As we learn more about what went wrong with the design and launch of Healthcare.gov, a few broad principles have emerged about how to fix the procurement system so this kind of debacle -- which isn't the only non-functional Web site the...