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3 Feb 2011, 9:02 pm by Walter Olson
More/related: Virginia Postrel considers why small foodmakers and farmers were able to get a better legislative deal from Big Government than makers of small children’s items [WSJ] The Handmade Toy Alliance hopes President Obama’s announced change of course on regulation will help. [read post]
31 Jan 2011, 8:43 am by Adam Thierer
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]
15 Jan 2011, 3:29 pm by Glenn Reynolds
VIRGINIA POSTREL: Kidney Donation Goes Prime Time: Last Sunday night something remarkable happened. [read post]
28 Dec 2010, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Times speculates (via Virginia Postrel) on what will happen to it next. [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 6:30 am by Adam Thierer
“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]
25 Sep 2010, 10:57 am by Glenn Reynolds
VIRGINIA POSTREL: There’s No Free Locavore Lunch: “Patronizing local farmers who produce in small batches tends to cost more. [read post]
1 Sep 2010, 4:15 am by Glenn Reynolds
VIRGINIA POSTREL: Is ‘adaptive reuse’ the secret to responding creatively to extended old age? [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 3:23 pm by Adam Thierer
  I borrow the term dynamism from Virginia Postrel, who contrasted the conflicting worldviews of dynamism and stasis so eloquently in her 1998 masterpiece, The Future and Its Enemies. [read post]
25 Aug 2010, 7:00 am by Glenn Reynolds
THE FUTURE ISN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE: Virginia Postrel interviews “paleo-future blogger” Matt Novak. [read post]