Christopher Newfield

05/07/2014

In contrast to professional authority, which is grounded in expertise and expert communities, managerial authority flows from its ties to owners and is formally independent of expertise. Management obviously needs to be competent, but competence seems no longer to require either substantive expertise with the firm’s products or meaningful contact with employees. The absence of … More Christopher Newfield

Wir sind soweit

03/07/2014

The origins of anxiety were in that era when one was expected to become self-destructive and call it health, which was a frightening project to contemplate. I still consider myself unqualified to live as well as I did before that era, and I must still remember consciously, each day, that I am in fact qualified. … More Wir sind soweit

Medieval Karl

03/07/2014

Here is a text of interest, on a weblog of interest: Medieval Karl. Here is a weblog I should read more often: ads without products. Here is another medievalist weblog, that I have promoted before. It was beautiful yesterday, and could be also today. I need to write something — several things actually — and … More Medieval Karl

Desgaste (fragmento)

01/07/2014

… Hubimos máquinas de coser, máquinas de guerra y rayadores manuales para las verduras que eran blancas y espesas: leche adicionada con hierro fortalezas: capitales de nuestra acumulación derrames que lubricaban los utensilios. Construimos cuartos blancos en los que pastaban cuadrillas de caballos a galope, racimos de mariposas en la piel y máquinas: máquinas de … More Desgaste (fragmento)