Month: November 2022

How Capitalism—Not a Few Bad Actors—Destroyed the Internet

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/how-capitalism-not-a-few-bad-actors-destroyed-the-internet/?utm_source=Boston+Review+Email+Subscribers&utm_campaign=551f296668-reading_list_11_19_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2cb428c5ad-551f296668-40733269&mc_cid=551f296668&mc_eid=20bc04a1d1 Twenty-five years of neoliberal political economy are to blame for today’s regime of surveillance advertising, and only public policy can undo it. The race to commercialize the Internet is…

Is Your Emotional Intelligence Authentic, or Self-Serving?

https://hbr.org/2018/05/is-your-emotional-intelligence-authentic-or-self-serving?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=hbr&utm_source=twitter&tpcc=orgsocial_edit Summary.    It’s possible to fake emotional intelligence. Well-intended leaders can go into interactions armed with what they believe is a combination of deep empathy, attuned listening, and self-awareness but…

The Richest Man in the World

https://www.unz.com/lromanoff/the-richest-man-in-the-world/ The purpose of this essay is threefold: (1) to bring to the attention of readers the existence of a long-standing conspiracy about the identification of “The Richest Man in…