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Management and Anticipation Lesson 2: Trials of Strength

Sunday, March 22, 2009

“It’s inevitable that one or other of the mutations will [pass easily between humans] and H5 looks the favourite candidate. Some are saying H5 has been around for 10 years and never will but I don’t believe that.” (Professor John Oxford, cited in BBC news Magazine’s “Is Bird Flu Still a Threat?“)
As with anticipation, there [...]

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Management and Anticipation Lesson 1: The Virtual

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Virtu: taste for works of art.
Virtue: power, influence, efficacy, conformity to moral principles … high merit of accomplishment, valour (from vir, man)
Virtual: what is in essence or effect(The Oxford Concise Dictionary of English Etymology. Oxford: Clarendon Press.)
It is not a difficult to see a link between virtual and virtuosity, especially when considering anticipation. Great football [...]

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Durkheim on Katrina

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Although many things have been said about Katrina and New Orleans, and Space and Culture will have a themed issue (9.1) to appear in early 2006, I thought I’d just add another comment – if only to evidence that although Durkheim is certainly old hat, his conceptual repertoire might have some interesting bits to help [...]

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