Tag: Jeremy Rifkin

  • The catallaxy of Industry 4.0

    The catallaxy of Industry 4.0

    Consider the following prediction by Matt Ridley, in his 2010 book The Rational Optimist: I forecast that the twenty-first century will show a continuing expansion of catallaxy — Hayek’s word for spontaneous order created by exchange and specialisation. Intelligence will become more and more collective; innovation and order will become more and more bottom-up; work…

  • Let us not forget

    Let us not forget

    On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, in Canada and in many nations around the world, a minute of silence is observed. Remembrance Day, as we call it here, is special this year as it marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the armistice of the First World War,…