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I use the term __“efficacy” to describe the quality or virtue that the Politics journalists took to be the mark of a good and worthy journalist in these circumstances—that is, the ability to handle one’s news assignments in a way that effectively achieved the ends and outcomes that needed to be achieved in order for one’s newsmaking project to continue.__ I examine three reportorial skills that the Politics journalists cultivated to make themselves more efficacious newsmakers. These are, first, the ability to identify __“doable”__ (keyi zuo de) news items, topics that are likely to result in publishable articles; second, the ability to approach the news reporting process __“as a game”__; and, third, the ability to bend the rules of the news reporting process to make one’s assignments __easier to complete__.

The Currency of Truth

Emily H. C. Chua

A clear definition of trust leads to an understanding that vulnerability is fundamentally a result of trust, and that conventional vulnerabilities such as software flaws are merely specific instances of misplaced trust. Put more succinctly: trust relationships are the root of vulnerabilities.

Trust-Based Security; Or, Trust Considered Harmful

dl.acm.org

What he fails to mention is that concerns about wealth inequality aren't concerned with how wealth was generated but rather the growing wealth gap that has accelerated in recent decades.

Just Be Rich 🤷‍♂️

keenen.xyz

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