Why Gillian Tett's Anthropological Take on the World Is Very Useful, by @delong braddelong.substack.com/p/why-gillian-…
N2PE: 'Gillian Tett (@gilliantett) Discusses Her New Book “Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business & Life”. Amid severe digital disruption, economic upheaval, and... 1/
N2PE: 'Gillian Tett (@gilliantett) Discusses Her New Book “Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business & Life”. Amid severe digital disruption, economic upheaval, and... 1/
@gilliantett ...political flux, how can we make sense of the world? Leaders today typically look for answers in economic models, Big Data, or artificial intelligence platforms. Gillian Tett will discuss her new book that points to anthropology—the study of human culture. gossip... 2/
...what one of us knows—or rather believes—pretty soon all of us know—or, rather can believe. Alone, each of us is nearly totally incompetent at managing our environment: put one of us out naked and alone even in as green and pleasant a land is the home counties of... 3/
...England, and he or she would be likely to die. But assemble us and allow us to form a division of labor, and we can undertake mighty works of nature manipulation to challenge the gods. Certainly that extremely large red-bearded guy with serious anger-management... 4/
...problems, that guy who likes to drink and whose hammer is the lightning called “Thor”, has nothing over us.
But in order to become an anthology communicative intelligence, we have to share not only a language but also an underlying mental map of how the universe... 5/
But in order to become an anthology communicative intelligence, we have to share not only a language but also an underlying mental map of how the universe... 5/
...works. And in order to become an anthology productive intelligence, we have to have trust in others—that you do your and they do their part in the division of labor, and then that the products of labor by hand and brain will in fact be shared. But how do you extend a... 6/
...language and a mental map beyond a very few people who have grown up together“? And how do you extend trust that your part in the division of labor will be reciprocated beyond your close kin and immediate neighbors?
What happens when we extend our division of labor... 7/
What happens when we extend our division of labor... 7/
... from our immediate circle of neighbors and kin to encompass all 8 billion of us—that is the province of economics.
What happens when we construct at least semi-shared mental maps so that communication can succeed—that is the province of sociology.
What happens when... 8/
What happens when we construct at least semi-shared mental maps so that communication can succeed—that is the province of sociology.
What happens when... 8/
...our anthology intelligence attempt reflection on its purposes and structure—that is the province of political science.
But the processes by which we do these—those are the domains of anthropology, which is in this sense the ur-social science on top of which all... 9/
But the processes by which we do these—those are the domains of anthropology, which is in this sense the ur-social science on top of which all... 9/
...else is built.
So let us pay attention this afternoon to Gillian Tett, of the tribes of the Financial Times and of the anthropology community, author of the very recently published Anthro-Vision: How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life <amazon.com/Anthro-Vision-…>... 10/
So let us pay attention this afternoon to Gillian Tett, of the tribes of the Financial Times and of the anthropology community, author of the very recently published Anthro-Vision: How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life <amazon.com/Anthro-Vision-…>... 10/
...Listen to her: for I believe it is her training in anthropology that has made her uniquely insightful journalist an analyst throughout her career.
Gillian: 30 minutes? 11/END
Gillian: 30 minutes? 11/END
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