Filed under “society”

Do what I say

Peter Klausler’s “Principles of the American Cargo Cult” is one of my favorite statements (even more when applied to the idea of “best practices”). II. Causality is selectable All interconnection is apparent Otherwise, complicated explanations would be necessary. The end supports the explanation of the means A successful person’s explanation of the means of his success [...]

Nonprofits and the Economy of Free

My RSS feeds of late have been delivering to me many interesting posts by Chris Anderson as he explores the different kinds of free. I’ve been specifically interested in his visualizations of the Advertising Model of Free: advertisers pay for advertising, which subsidizes programming, which is then given away for free, with the goal being [...]