Would you consider Brian Arthur forgotten? He might be having his Minsky moment (no pun intended) post COVID and the rise of complexity economics. Kuznets and Nikolai Kondratiev with respect to their ideas on technology supercycles could also be interesting.
"The properties of the Excel data file analyzed here, and posted online as supporting materials by Kristal et al. (2020), shows Dan Ariely as the creator of the file and Nina Mazar as the last person to modify it. On August 6, 2021, Nina Mazar forwarded us an email that she received from Dan Ariely on February 16, 2011. It reads, “Here is the file”, and attaches an earlier version of that Excel data file, whose properties indicate that Dan Ariely was both the file’s creator and the last person to modify it. That file that Nina received from Dan largely matches the one posted online; it contains the same number of rows, the two different fonts, and the same mileages for all cars. There were, however, two mistakes in the data file that Dan sent to Nina, mistakes that Nina identified. ......."
On the creator economy, one wonders which platform will be the first to build a loyalty/rewards system for readers (perhaps something that rewards number of paid subscriptions through the platform as well as total subscription spend). In some sense it would be recreating the traditional media bundle to the extent that people subscribed to Barron's just for Abelson and such.
Haven't read the Vernon piece, but Klang's Conjecture comes to mind: you cannot expect to solve a problem using computer software if you don't know how to solve it without computers.
Would you consider Brian Arthur forgotten? He might be having his Minsky moment (no pun intended) post COVID and the rise of complexity economics. Kuznets and Nikolai Kondratiev with respect to their ideas on technology supercycles could also be interesting.
You've probably been sent this 28 times but this is a fun footnote in a study for anyone who cares about Excel.
http://datacolada.org/98#footnote_13_6142
"The properties of the Excel data file analyzed here, and posted online as supporting materials by Kristal et al. (2020), shows Dan Ariely as the creator of the file and Nina Mazar as the last person to modify it. On August 6, 2021, Nina Mazar forwarded us an email that she received from Dan Ariely on February 16, 2011. It reads, “Here is the file”, and attaches an earlier version of that Excel data file, whose properties indicate that Dan Ariely was both the file’s creator and the last person to modify it. That file that Nina received from Dan largely matches the one posted online; it contains the same number of rows, the two different fonts, and the same mileages for all cars. There were, however, two mistakes in the data file that Dan sent to Nina, mistakes that Nina identified. ......."
I have been reading about academic publishing industry and it's 40% margin, making it one of the most profitable industry, few have heard about.. a thread drawing interesting parallels with Substack is in the works. This long read from The Guardian looks at how the industry reached here - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science
Long thread on Schlegel and the romantic legacy: https://mobile.twitter.com/ZoharAtkins/status/1425181273639866369
On the creator economy, one wonders which platform will be the first to build a loyalty/rewards system for readers (perhaps something that rewards number of paid subscriptions through the platform as well as total subscription spend). In some sense it would be recreating the traditional media bundle to the extent that people subscribed to Barron's just for Abelson and such.
Haven't read the Vernon piece, but Klang's Conjecture comes to mind: you cannot expect to solve a problem using computer software if you don't know how to solve it without computers.
The actor model also seems relevant there.
Here is what I have this week - a guide to learning about The Metaverse, a fun & useful video call experience from , content becoming king in the enterprise SaaS space and more: https://gokhansahin.substack.com/p/curated-content-for-busy-folk-44
Walter Ong might be poised for a comeback: https://monoskop.org/images/d/db/Ong_Walter_J_Orality_and_Literacy_2nd_ed.pdf.