B01 - Brain of the Firm, Chapter 1

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

2

The Evolution of Brain and Management Structures

01:53 • 2min

3

The System of Authorship

04:06 • 4min

4

The Ladder Must Be There

07:46 • 2min

5

The Importance of Multidimensionality in Prediction

09:22 • 2min

6

The Influence of Analytic Philosophy on Biers' Philosophy of Communication and Writing

11:02 • 3min

7

Prometheus: A Daring New Idea That Challenges Power

13:42 • 2min

8

The Non-Adoption of the Friends of the Firm

15:22 • 2min

9

The Rise and Fall of Stafford Beer

17:29 • 3min

10

The Prometheus Medal

20:12 • 3min

11

The Importance of Organization in Management

22:59 • 3min

12

How to Facilitate Regulation Without Imposing It

25:53 • 3min

13

Facilitating Regulation Without Imposing It in a Communist System

28:52 • 2min

14

The Importance of Capitalism in Crisis Situations

30:35 • 2min

15

The Lower Hand Didn't Work

32:19 • 2min

16

The Rhetorical Tools of David Greer's Graphs

34:21 • 2min

17

The Graver Essay on the Signoid Curve

36:26 • 2min

18

The Transition From Technology a to Technology B

38:14 • 2min

19

The Logistic Curve in Economics

39:48 • 2min

20

The Evolution of Techno Capital Acceleration

41:53 • 2min

21

The Discontinuities in Nature

44:15 • 3min

22

The Evolution of the Sediment Curve

46:48 • 2min

23

The Importance of Nature in Political Change

48:36 • 2min

24

The Problem With Conservatism and Reactionary Pause

50:08 • 2min

25

The Rapid Rate of Change

51:47 • 2min

26

Moore's Law and the Rate of Growth of Computing Capacity

53:54 • 2min

27

The Moore's Law of Proliferation

55:41 • 2min

28

The Marxist Argument for the Falling Rate of Profit

58:01 • 2min

29

Bayesian Analysis: A Method of Analysis

59:43 • 2min

30

The End of the Medieval Dichotomy Between the Anime and the Inanimate Machine

01:01:15 • 2min

31

The Machinic Metaphysics of Reality

01:03:28 • 2min

32

The Immediacy of Control in Cybernetics

01:05:45 • 2min

33

The Importance of Interrupting the First Edition

01:07:36 • 3min

34

The Death of Adventurers

01:10:31 • 2min

35

The Importance of Zeal in the Race to the White House

01:12:20 • 2min

36

The Status Quo: A Material Force in the World

01:14:40 • 2min

37

The Importance of Thinking Differently

01:16:18 • 2min

38

The Importance of Abolitionist Perspectives

01:17:58 • 3min

39

The Feudal Remains in British Society

01:21:04 • 2min

40

The Importance of Radical Change

01:22:39 • 2min

41

The Unpreparedness of the Bolsheviks

01:24:24 • 2min