Großbritanniens erfolgreichster Schriftsteller Ken Follett sieht sich nach wie vor als Linker. "Es hat sich an meiner Grundeinstellung nie etwas geändert", sagte der Verfasser zahlreicher Weltbestseller ("Die Säulen der Erde", "Der dritte Zwilling") mit einer Gesamtauflage von über 190 Millionen dem "Stern".
Finished. Good read, like most of Ken Follett's. This one talks quite a lot about Napoleon - from a British perspective + the lives of hands at the beginning of XIXth century. For example, their resistance to new machines (eg. Jacquard weaving machine controlled by punch cards).
I can't help but find a similarity with AI.
#UnDiaComoHoy 5 de junio de 1949 nace Ken #Follett, novelista británico-galés, autor de Los pilares de la Tierra, La caída de los gigantes, entre otros buenísimos #libros.
“A leader can only lead the group from within the group. It is within the group that the leader can come to understand what the group’s goal(s) means to each member of the group. It is within the group that the leader can determine the varying interests of the group members and harmonize any conflicting interests through two‐way communication. Only from within can they reconcile these interests to the group’s goal(s).”
—#Follett in "The New State", 1920
For tomorrow's International #DayAgainstDRM, I plan to:
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