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Venkatesh Rao
@vgr
A tie between https://ribbonfarm.com/2015/12/17/we-are-all-architects-now/… and https://ribbonfarm.com/2016/11/10/king-ruinous-and-the-city-of-darkness/… ... Gervais Principle is not even in my personal top 10
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Brian Skinner
@gravity_levity
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Sep 7, 2017
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What tops your own personal list?
9:20 PM · Sep 7, 2017
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Henry Hill
@HCH_Hill
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Sep 7, 2017
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Please might you actually compile your personal top ten as a reading list?
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Venkatesh Rao
@vgr
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Sep 7, 2017
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Maybe in a few more years
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Brian Skinner
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Sep 7, 2017
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Worthy choices, it seems to me, even though I don't think I've actually read either in its entirety. Certainly not in one sitting.
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otis.
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Sep 7, 2017
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https://ribbonfarm.com/2013/01/31/stone-soup-for-the-capitalists-soul/… and https://ribbonfarm.com/2011/06/08/a-brief-history-of-the-corporation-1600-to-2100/… are probably my all time read over and over favs 😀
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Stone-Soup for the Capitalist’s Soul
The fable of Stone Soup is probably my favorite piece of European folklore. In the Russian version, which I prefer, called Axe Porridge,  the story goes something like this: A soldier returning fro…