Monthly Archives: February 2017

Symbols Matter

Posted on February 12, 2017 by lindaessig

Several years ago, I walked onto my campus and saw a swastika and two SS signs scrolled in chalk on a wall. They were high enough on the wall that whoever placed them there had to do so with some … Continue reading →

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Art, Entrepreneurship, Innovation

Posted on February 5, 2017 by lindaessig

I’m finally catching up on some of the background reading I need to do for An Ouroboros, including a 2014 working paper by Laura Niemi that demonstrates that an interest in the visual arts is predictive of occupational innovation (as … Continue reading →

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