"My pet Theory of Professional Academic Associations is that the discipline’s organizational life inverts its core intellectual commitments..."
Ouch. This is a bad book review: "The empirical information he provides is perfunctory at best. His command of Marxism seems limited. His historical reach extends to his own earlier works. His vast theoretical apparatus is jimmy-rigged and empty. The graphs are inane, the writing atrocious. To call this book dull as dish water maligns dish water."
"Credit is a sacred trust, it’s what our free society is founded on. Do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia? I said, do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia?"
A printed copy of the book is also available! Awesome!
This is pretty opaque, but I think it is really pretty great.
Amazing review of a truly amazing article. Via AaronSw, to whom I am now in debt.
Check out the Reducing Inequality post which were recently featured on Crooked Timber. Recommended reading.
A newspaper columnist once told of her shock when, having struck up a rapport with a man over dinner, she was told at the end of the meal he had no vacancies for friends. He was operating a "one-in, one-out" policy. Six months later she received a card stating he was now available for friendship.
A quick look at some of the issues raised by computation research using FB or other social networks.
More books I need to read. Things get added onto this stack a lot faster than I keep up with them.
I could this blog post as my reading list for the next sevreal months.
