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(Cont- the disease of modernity: master the pennies; fallacies of misplaced precision across domains; classics did the exact opposite)

(Cont- the disease of modernity: master the pennies; fallacies of misplaced precision across domains; classics did the exact opposite)

This entry was posted in Feeds on June 3, 2011 by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

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← A technofool is someone who carries the most precise watch ever built and manages to be late for appointments.(Modernism) Modern techs not all harmful: that some have been canceling some of the perverse effect of 1900-2000 techs: isolation & passivity in front of TV set, dictatorship of NYT, junk food, centralization, academic dominance, bureaucrats & red tape, NYRB, cars-suburbs, etc. →

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