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In the developed nations of the 21st century, convenience — that is, more efficient and easier ways of doing personal tasks — has emerged as perhaps the most powerful force shaping our individual lives and our economies. This is particularly true in America, where, despite all the paeans to freedom and individuality, one sometimes wonders whether convenience is in fact the supreme value.
I think most entrepreneurs know that. It's when companies are captured by big capital with publicly traded companies or private equity that they turn to maximization. That's the problem, not profit itself. I make the distinction between profit making and profit maximizing.
Marjorie Kelly on “Wealth Supremacy” & the Blueprint for a New Economy
Christopher Marquis
The focus of their conversation was an [essay](https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/brokenism-alana-newhouse) Newhouse wrote back in November, which argued that the most salient divide in American society was between those who believed that America’s institutions were irreparably broken and those who believed that they were fundamentally sound but in need of reform, repair, or renewal. She termed these two groups the brokenists and the status-quoists.
Language Under Digital Conditions: Power and Action
Language Under Digital Conditions: Power and Action
L. M. Sacasas
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