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Bluesky network4h ago

"ā€œWeā€™re excited for the US government to use this technology,ā€ he says, suggesting it could help ā€œdissolveā€ authoritarian regimes. ā€œBut I donā€™t want it turned on our own people or used for undemocratic ends"" Unreformed Silicon neocon: 'Democratic' is when the US government does it to other people.

Anthropic chief Dario Amodei: ā€˜I donā€™t want AI turned on our own peopleā€™
Bluesky network2d ago

Can we make this a thing again: Scholars of financial capitalism publishing papers about Renaissance Florence, with killer abstracts, in the American Journal of Sociology. Please.

Organizational Invention and Elite Transformation: The Birth of Partnership Systems in Renaissance Florence1 John F. Padgett University of Chicago Paul D. McLean Rutgers University The birth of a new form of business organization, the partnership system, in Renaissance Florence is examined closely in order to discover the social processes of invention in that extraordinarily inventive place. Stated generally, the processes of invention the authors discover there are transposition, refunctionality, and catalysis across multiple social networks. Specifically, political co-optation of cambio bankers in the aftermath of the Ciompi revolt induced the transposition of domestic guild methods to the international plane, thereby changing their purpose and their reach. Subsequent social absorption through marriage of these elevated bankers into the victorious political alliance infused partnership with the multiplex logic (and often money) of dowry, thereby reproducing partnership systems as an integral component in post-Ciompi republicanism. Medieval organizational logics of patrilineage and guild were transformed into Renaissance organizational logics of marriage and clientage. The origins of financial capitalism are partly rooted in this elite social-network response to class revolt.
Bluesky network2d ago

Can we make this a thing again: Scholars of financial capitalism publishing papers about Renaissance Florence, with killer abstracts, in the American Journal of Sociology. Please.

Organizational Invention and Elite Transformation: The Birth of Partnership Systems in Renaissance Florence1 John F. Padgett University of Chicago Paul D. McLean Rutgers University The birth of a new form of business organization, the partnership system, in Renaissance Florence is examined closely in order to discover the social processes of invention in that extraordinarily inventive place. Stated generally, the processes of invention the authors discover there are transposition, refunctionality, and catalysis across multiple social networks. Specifically, political co-optation of cambio bankers in the aftermath of the Ciompi revolt induced the transposition of domestic guild methods to the international plane, thereby changing their purpose and their reach. Subsequent social absorption through marriage of these elevated bankers into the victorious political alliance infused partnership with the multiplex logic (and often money) of dowry, thereby reproducing partnership systems as an integral component in post-Ciompi republicanism. Medieval organizational logics of patrilineage and guild were transformed into Renaissance organizational logics of marriage and clientage. The origins of financial capitalism are partly rooted in this elite social-network response to class revolt.
Bluesky network2d ago

A racketā€”Eagle Point Credit Managementā€” built on a racketā€”Sports Illustrated Ticketsā€” built on a racketā€”FIFA World Cup 2026, which already used dynamic pricing for original ticket sales. Truly the beautiful game. www.ft.com/content/234f...

US private credit firm backs loans for World Cup ticket flipping Eagle Point Credit Management to capitalise on high prices and demand of football fans to attend the tournament
Bluesky network2d ago

A racketā€”Eagle Point Credit Managementā€” built on a racketā€”Sports Illustrated Ticketsā€” built on a racketā€”FIFA World Cup 2026, which already used dynamic pricing for original ticket sales. Truly the beautiful game. www.ft.com/content/234f...

US private credit firm backs loans for World Cup ticket flipping Eagle Point Credit Management to capitalise on high prices and demand of football fans to attend the tournament
Bluesky network2d ago

Hoekstra: ā€œThe only way forward is more electrification, more nuclear, more solar, more wind, more battery capacity, more interconnectors in the European Union, and all of it with much more speed.ā€ More and more people are saying it. www.ft.com/content/5102...

EU climate chief warns there is ā€˜no workaroundā€™ for high energy prices
Bluesky network3d ago

Very useful comparative oil shock data viz.

Bluesky network4d ago

I knew it reminded me of something

Visualization of OpenAIā€™s links to other tech companies
Bluesky network6mo ago