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- Verantwoordelijkheid en oordeel (2)
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By H. Arendt -
Reading since Mar 1, 2013
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- Shaping Written Knowledge (4)
- Genre and Activity of Experimental Article in Science
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By Charles Bazerman -
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- Digital Vertigo (6)
- How Today's Online Social Revolution Is Dividing, Diminishing, and Disorienting Us
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By Andrew Keen -
Finished on Jun 15, 2013 
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- Authenticity (14)
- What Consumers Really Want
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By James H. Gilmore, B. Joseph Pine II -
Finished on Jun 15, 2013 
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As much as I like “the experience economy”, I was rather disappointed by “Authenticity”. I thought a ‘take no notes’ approach would somehow help me through this book, but it did not. I stopped at “appoint a Chief Experience Officer”, just before chapter 9; I actually do finish most books once I get ... (
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Jun 16, 2013 |
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A little knowle-
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- A little knowledge... (2)
- a world of ideas from Archimedes to Einstein clearly explained
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By Michael Macrone -
Finished on Jun 12, 2013
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- Hannah Arendt zur Einführung (1)
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By Karl-Heinz Breier -
Finished on Jun 9, 2013
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- The Servant Leader (4)
- How to Build a Creative Team, Develop Great Morale, and Improve Bottom-Line Performance
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By James A. Autry -
Finished on Jun 7, 2013
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Yet another soft book of a self-proclaimed guru stating we should love each other in order to become productive :). The author presents five attitudes that may help you to be(come) a servant leader. The book is a call to action against the command and control organisation and a call for more spiritu ... (
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Jun 9, 2013 |
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- The Problems of Philosophy (3)
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By Bertrand, Arthur Russell -
Finished on May 26, 2013
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- The 4-Hour Work Week (344)
- Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich
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By Timothy Ferriss -
Finished on May 14, 2013
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If the title is of interest to you, the content will be as well. Ferris suggests that for most people the most interesting job is the one which takes the least time/effort and brings a constant stream of income. He proposes a model (DEAL) to follow if you want to own a company, but not really spend ... (
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May 26, 2013 |
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- Tien westerse filosofen (1)
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By Machiel Keestra -
Finished on May 11, 2013
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- Alle 44 Amerikaanse presidenten (1)
- Met een beschrijving van hun leven en hun relatie met Nederland
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By Frederik Philip Kuethe -
Finished on May 10, 2013
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- The Mindful Leader (5)
- Ten Principles for Bringing Out the Best in Ourselves and Others
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By Michael Carroll -
Finished on May 7, 2013
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Brought to me by serendipity, this book turned out to be not so interesting (to me). Maybe the content is better consumed when taking a workshop or training on mindfulness. Interesting referral to Richard Wurman and his Data Angst.
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May 8, 2013 |
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- The Cult of the Amateur (57)
- How Blogs, MySpace, YouTube and the Rest of Today's User Generated Media are Killing Our Culture and
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By Andrew Keen -
Finished on May 4, 2013
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A book I once read with on ‘take no notes’ approach, a reread was needed since I just got Keen’s next book. This one is great read about the digital mob (or crowd if you will), parasite Google, dangerous Lessig, Huxleys monkeys and Berlin’s foxes and hedgehogs, the trustworthy expert and the noble a ... (
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May 10, 2013 |
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- Riding the Whirlwind (1)
- (Bright 'I's)
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By Fons Trompenaars -
Finished on Apr 20, 2013
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- The Wisdom of Crowds (241)
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By James Surowiecki -
Finished on Apr 5, 2013
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Digital Vertigo
In this age of exhibitionism (…), Keen warns us for a different outcome than the cheerleaders of a social utopia (of the likes of Jarvis, Shirkey, Kelly) foresee. A world without privacy, a world we should just get used to, if we are to believe the owners of the social networks, is a maybe a much po ... (continue)
In this age of exhibitionism (…), Keen warns us for a different outcome than the cheerleaders of a social utopia (of the likes of Jarvis, Shirkey, Kelly) foresee. A world without privacy, a world we should just get used to, if we are to believe the owners of the social networks, is a maybe a much poorer world than the one we currently enjoy.
Keen’s book is about the question why we need privacy and solitude. Humans need that to be human, in household speak. Keen has many remarks that should make you think (twice): “I update therefor I am” (meaning that only being present in social media is the real proof that we exist); Personal visibility (in social media) as the new status symbol; Is it really socially unacceptable to dismiss social media networks? He is also worried about our eagerness to disclose our current location to the outside world. As a cartographer, I see a great opportunity to improve the map of the world, but I advise to do so very selectively.
Keen warns for social conformity and herd behavior. And he fears (with Stuart Mill) a tyranny of the majority. In Stuart Mill’s view, reacting to Bentham, what makes us unique is to be able to seclude ourselves from society, to be (on) our own when we want to, in order to think, and act, independently. Could that be the reason ‘why the open source model does not work for art, literature, movies and… revolutions?’
I very much agree that our future is not necessary 100% open and social, regardless of how much to social media networks want that to happen. Being one those monkey’s Keen refers to in his previous book, I have no option but to openly share this view and accept the risk of being seen as a victim of digital narcissism epidemic. Note: I actually ran into Andrew Keen at TheNextWeb and had to admit to him I had never read his books. “You should”, he said, and he was right. Will reread.