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The Market as God (1999) (theatlantic.com)
1 point by measurablefunc 2 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments





TIL from goog (while looking up the origin of the "managerialist" vs "pastoral" technicalities of the word

  Dispensation

  2. a political, religious, or social system prevailing at a particular time. E.g. "scholarship is conveyed to a wider audience than under the old dispensation"
(Noted the Moloch iconography)

The market reflects a deep human need for "metrics you can grab/get you outta your head", no religious movement really addresses that (aside from freemasonry & Mormonism?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_and_Compasses)




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