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6 Jul 2010, 2:48 pm
But Daniels’ references to Mancur Olson’s Rise and Decline of Nations and Virginia Postrel’s The Future and Its Enemies show that his interest in libertarianism and political economy is genuine and serious. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 4:06 pm
There are strong arguments for contrary views [citing Virginia Postrel, who is know to many of our readers –EV]. [read post]
5 Jan 2008, 12:18 pm
I got to meet a lot of people who are way smarter than me, including such luminaries as Virginia Postrel and her husband Stephen (speaking strictly from a 'improving the species' perspective, it's tragic those two don't have kids, because they're both scary smart.), the estimable hilzoy and Sebastian of Obsidian Wings, Jeff Goldstein and Stephen Green, the men who consistently frustrated me with their mix of wit and wisdom I could never match, and I've… [read post]
7 Aug 2011, 10:41 am
And here's Virginia Postrel with an intriguing possible explanation: [T]the enthusiasm of his 2008 campaign has certainly vanished. [read post]
27 Feb 2011, 9:29 am
The better approach is what Postrel termed dynamism: “a world of constant creation, discovery, and competition. [read post]
31 Jan 2011, 8:43 am
The Case for Internet Optimism Part 1 – Saving the Net From Its Detractors (Adam Thierer) ______ Theuthian Technophiles ( “The Internet Optimists”) Thamusian Technophobes ( “The Internet Pessimists”) Nicholas Negroponte, Being Digital (1995) Kevin Kelly, Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World (1995) Virginia Postrel, The Future and Its Enemies (1998) James Surowiecki,… [read post]
4 Jun 2012, 8:35 am
Postrel needs glasses to be insightful; sometimes she doesn’t Recycling old glasses makes people feel generous and thrifty. [read post]
17 Nov 2012, 7:36 pm
I am arguing that much opposition to change, across a wide range of different topics and disputes, is based on the mistaken assumption that if only that particular change is prevented, the next year, the next decade, perhaps even the next century, will be more or less the same as the present.That is very unlikely.In The Future and its Enemies, Virginia Postrel argued that the chief political division of the future would be between stasists and dynamists, between those who fear… [read post]
8 Oct 2009, 8:46 am
Among interesting disclosure posts by well-known bloggers: Tyler Cowen/Marginal Revolution, Virginia Postrel/DeepGlamour, Martin Schwimmer/Trademark Blog. [read post]
9 Feb 2010, 2:17 pm
Listed at 9.99 in the Kindle edition, and yet no charge showed up on my Amazon account — and shortly thereafter, the price shot up to 89.99, with an odd note saying if I wanted to know why this might be so, ask Virginia Postrel. [read post]
9 Mar 2012, 11:00 am
” In my post, I urged the Kochs to select “big-name libertarian scholars and commentators such as Tyler Cowen, Richard Epstein, Virginia Postrel, and co-blogger Randy Barnett. [read post]
7 Feb 2010, 1:36 am
See Megan McArdle, John Scalzi, Joshua Gans, Virginia Postrel, Lynne Kiesling, Lynne Kielsing and Lynne Kiesling, among others. [read post]
22 Dec 2011, 4:39 pm
So did David Boaz of the Cato Institute (the most prominent libertarian think thank), Virginia Postrel, and various writers at Reason, the most prominent libertarian magazine. [read post]
8 Oct 2015, 5:28 am
Virginia Postrel explains. [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 6:30 am
“Modernizers” descriptors, and I like the fact that Rob also uses the “dynamism and stasis” paradigm, which he borrowed from Virginia Postrel, who contrasted those conflicting worldviews in her 1998 book, The Future and Its Enemies. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 1:29 pm
In one sense, Siva Vaidhyanathan’s new book, The Googlization of Everything (And Why Should Worry), is exactly what you would expect: an anti-Google screed that predicts a veritable techno-apocalypse will befall us unless we do something to deal with this company that supposedly “rules like Caesar. [read post]
31 Jan 2010, 10:47 am
Theuthian Technophiles (aka “The Internet Optimists”) Thamusian Technophobes (aka “The Internet Pessimists”) Nicholas Negroponte, Being Digital Neil Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology Virginia Postrel, The Future and Its Enemies Andrew Keen, The Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet is Killing our Culture James Surowiecki, The Wisdom of Crowds Lee Siegel, Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of… [read post]
