I have a new academic-ish article up at boundary 2 online in a special issue edited by David Golumbia on the "Digital Turn." It's on "social innovation" and the way that it circulates in the so-called "Third World" and in humanitarian and development agencies. It picks up on the argument of my first book, which explored the … Continue reading New article: “Innovation and the Neoliberal Idioms of Development”
On the tautologies of “centrism”
A recurring feature of the words I've written about here is tautology: some executives are resilient because they bounce back from hardship; the Harvard Business Review essays on the innovation of innovation; excellence is the pursuit of excellence (you'll have to wait for the book for that one). This problem, I think, derives from the ideological … Continue reading On the tautologies of “centrism”
“Innovation and the Neoliberal Idioms of Development” – out now at boundary 2 online
I have an essay in a great new collection edited by David Golumbia at boundary 2 online, on the Digital Turn--it's a group of essays offering critical appraisals of the practice and history of technological evangelism in the present day. My contribution is called "Innovation and the Neoliberal Idioms of Development." “Human creativity and human … Continue reading “Innovation and the Neoliberal Idioms of Development” – out now at boundary 2 online
