• media

    Posted on November 18th, 2009

    Written by Jose (Jossi) Fresco Benaim

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    Who do you trust?

    Who do you trust?

    Deconstructing authority in social context of a wired world Clay Shirky continues to provide insightful comments about the changes permeating our society in the context of the fundamental changes brought forward by social media. Algorithmic authority is the decision to regard as authoritative an unmanaged process of extracting value from diverse, untrustworthy sources, without any [...]

  • misc

    Posted on September 30th, 2009

    Written by Jose (Jossi) Fresco Benaim

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    A kinder, gentler philosophy of success

    A kinder, gentler philosophy of success

    Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.

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    Posted on December 21st, 2008

    Written by Jose (Jossi) Fresco Benaim

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    Finite & Infinite Games

    Finite & Infinite Games

    There are at least two kinds of games. One could be called finite, the other infinite. The finite game is played for the purpose of winning, and thereby ending the game. An infinite game is played for the purpose of continuing the play … and bringing as many persons as possible into the play. Finite [...]