Aileen
Brayden on orgtheory.net posted a link to a lovely article on The Law and Economics of Pirate Organisation. It describes how pirates could and did democratically elect their captains. The captain had absolute authority in battle but at other times, power lay with the Quartermaster, who was also democratically elected. Both positions were open […]
Fringe Thoughts
“A journal … also encourages you to capture “fringe thoughts”: various ideas which may be by-products of everyday life, snatches of conversation overheard on the street, or, for that matter, dreams. Once noted, these may lead to more systematic thinking, as well as lend intellectual relevance to more directed experience.” C.Wright Mills. 1952
