CRI 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter Ch. 2 - Florida Reading: Paul Romer, Resource Mobilization, The Organization Man
17 Jan 2017
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The rise of the creative class ch. 2-the creative ethos: human creativity as the defining feature of economic life. New technologies, new industries, new wealth and all other good economics flow from creativity. Ethos: the fundamental spirit or character of a culture: creativity is essential to the way we live and work today, human creativity is multifaceted and multidimensional. Myths + misconceptions: our society still lacks a good overall working model of the economic and social system that is carrying us into the creative age. Technology will liberate us george gilder (wrote telocosm) Techno-utopianism: any ideology based on the premise that advances in science and technology will eventually bring about a utopia, or at least help to fulfil one or another utopian ideal. Techno-determinism: the notion that technology is the key factor in social change. 09/10/16: entire business firms are often pulled together on an ad hoc basis with an independent.
