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"When Does A Country Stop Being A Country?"
"When Does A Country Stop Being A Country?"
S. James EllisDecember 31, 2024
Orchestration: Dynamic Control from the Panopticon
Orchestration: Dynamic Control from the Panopticon

Orchestrating other parties towards a collaborative goal is great stuff. It's also hard. Wouldn't it be great if there were some expert advice on making it easier?

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S. James EllisFebruary 8, 2023
Volatility Precedes Standardization
Volatility Precedes Standardization

Standards are pretty standard. It’s actually a messy process to get there though, and we can see that occuring in the sustainability sector.

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industryS. James EllisFebruary 8, 2023standardization, trends, volatility, uncertainty
An Epitaph to Boeing 737-200, Serial No. 22071
An Epitaph to Boeing 737-200, Serial No. 22071

It’s 1979. American had started recovering from the OPEC oil embargo, and serial no. 22071 had just rolled off the assembly line. Let’s see where it went, and where it ended up.

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Opinion, object biographyS. James EllisFebruary 8, 2023aviation, commodities
Flight of the Culture Vulture
Flight of the Culture Vulture

There’s no clear answer to whether appropriating a cultural artifact does any direct damage, but it generally doesn’t do any direct healing to the traumas that led up to its appropriation - that is, unless the appropriator becomes an agent of beneficial change.

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OpinionS. James EllisFebruary 8, 2023culture, appropriation, society, fashion


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