I was at a gig the other evening in which the Kennedys & Edwina Hayes were playing. In introducing one of the songs, Maura Kennedy explained how he had a first degree in history, and Masters in folk music. The learning about ‘folk’ had come from inside – mainly through playing with other great musicians (Nanci Griffiths was the haunting…
In July 2012, Paul Omerod spoke at the RSA on network effects. He described this as positive linking – but not because the effects of networks are all positive. His contention is that – especially in economics – we tend to be subject to (but over look) network effects. Better attention to this trend could lead to a revolution in our…
There is something about envy in the dynamic of intimate innovation – as there is in any relationship. The absence of something good can be experienced as the presence of something bad; the absence of something bad is experienced as the presence of something good. This tendency has tell tale signs – the things we get snagged on – caught by,…
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