Attention Economy


Monday, January 16, 2023

Thought-Provoking Items

Between Institutions and Networks by Arnold Kling
https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/between-institutions-and-networks
American institutions are in decline, and some commentators argue that a network model of cooperative action might replace them. But institutions and networks have different aims, as well as distinct strengths and weaknesses. By defining and evaluating both, we can come to a better understanding of their best uses, the tensions between them, and how they might complement each other.
 
From Spontaneous Order to Ordered Spontaneity by Jonathan Rauch
https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/from-spontaneous-order-to-ordered-spontaneity
Three decades ago, with the West recently victorious in the Cold War and liberalism triumphant, it was natural to assume that liberal social systems are largely self-ordering. But just about every social and political development since then has shown us that they are anything but. It's a lesson that defenders of the liberal order must internalize.