…Some of the books he holds up as examples of intellectual (rather than academic) engagement are Jane Jacob's Death and Life of Great American Cities, William Whyte's Organization Man, C. Wright Mills' White Collar, Murray Bookchin's The Limits of the City, and Lewis Mumford's The City in History. I think most of these would be good candidates for "undead" status. A few years ago there was an interesting symposium…
…overestimated our ability to write useful rules. In a sense our legal systems and national economies are large-scale structures for organizing human effort into something greater. In the 50s people thought white-collar bureaucracy was the crowning achievement of the 20th century (read about White Collar by C Wright Mills). Other than 'faster mail', it's not clear that any rule systems of the consumer internet make…
…他举出的那些体现知识分子式（而非学院式）参与的书中，包括简·雅各布斯的《美国大城市的死与生》、威廉·怀特的《组织人》、C·赖特·米尔斯的《白领》、默里·布克钦的《城市的限度》，以及刘易斯·芒福德的《城市发展史》。我觉得其中大部分都很适合列入“经久不衰”的候选名单。几年前有个挺有意思的研讨会…
…Some of the books he holds up as examples of intellectual (rather than academic) engagement are Jane Jacob's Death and Life of Great American Cities, William Whyte's Organization Man, C. Wright Mills' White Collar, Murray Bookchin's The Limits of the City, and Lewis Mumford's The City in History. I think most of these would be good candidates for "undead" status. A few years ago there was an interesting symposium…
…高估了我们制定有效规则的能力。某种意义上，我们的法律体系和国民经济都是为了把人类力量凝聚成更伟大事业的大规模组织架构。在50年代，人们曾认为白领官僚体系是20世纪最伟大的成就（可以去读读 C·赖特·米尔斯的《白领》）。除了“送信更快”之外，目前还不清楚消费级互联网的任何规则体系是否能…
…overestimated our ability to write useful rules. In a sense our legal systems and national economies are large-scale structures for organizing human effort into something greater. In the 50s people thought white-collar bureaucracy was the crowning achievement of the 20th century (read about White Collar by C Wright Mills). Other than 'faster mail', it's not clear that any rule systems of the consumer internet make…