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Posted in: Digital disruption, Government and public sector reform
I recently saw a link to an interesting new study about the impact of digital technology in the retail sector. The conclusion was that the future of retail is digital. Right. And wrong. I suspect the future of retail is retail, …
Posted in: Other Stuff, Strategy and the long term
The book is all about market capitalism and how it's broken. I haven't read it, but I will. I'll write about it later but here's some extracts from an interview with its author, financial journalist Rana Faroohar: "I believe that the …
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"..a problem of public imagination. Fixing our ability to connect and build healthy communities at scale is an Apollo mission for this generation..to determine whether society progresses or falls back into conspiracy-driven tribalism. We need to summon the creative will.." twitter.com/martinsw/statu…
"Alongside and between the digital corporate empires, we need what scholars like Ethan Zuckerman are calling “digital public infrastructure.”We need parks, libraries, and truly public squares on the internet." Atake on #publicdigitalinfrastructure @simoncooper74 @VictorDominello twitter.com/martinsw/statu…
"Just as bookstores will never serve all the same community needs as a public library branch, it’s unreasonable to expect for-profit corporations built with “addressable markets” in mind to accommodate every digital need." Such an interesting idea #buildbackpublic twitter.com/martinsw/statu…
wired.com/story/to-mend-… "Private spaces and businesses are critical for a flourishing digital life, just as cafés, bars, and bookstores are critical for a flourishing urban life. But no communities have ever survived and grown with private entities alone."
"I'm not arguing this because I care about our environment – which I do – I'm doing this because I'm a capitalist. Ignoring the reality of climate change is not just a risk to our natural environment, it is a risk to our living standards, to our jobs and our entire way of life." twitter.com/martinsw/statu…
