Virginia Postrel

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author, The Future And Its Enemies ISBN:0684862697 defines 2 World View-s

• Stasism/Stasist (Neo Phobia):

  • reactionary: go back to mythically-wonderful past (Pat Buchanan)

  • technocrat: "managed progress" via central control (Al Gore)

• Dynamism/Dynamist (Neophilia): Progress via Emergence based on uncertainty/decentralization (Trial And Error)

  • Open Society

author, The Substance Of Style ISBN:0060186321