Volume 39 Issue 4 (2023)
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Editorial
Retractions are no longer rare, running at about 10,000 journal papers a year according to RetractionWatch, a most commendable blog that takes an interest in these things. A retracted paper…
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Entrepreneurship, mental disorders and the saga of the adventure gene: debunking the fad of hardwired entrepreneurship
This paper disputes the thesis that a self-reported mental condition of apparent genetic origin makes its carriers entertain entrepreneurial intentions and assesses its implications for entrepreneurship driven economic development. The…
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Seeing knowledge hiding through a multi-level lens
This study investigates knowledge hiding (KH), a growing research area of increasing importance across multiple organisational levels. The rapid expansion of KH research runs the risk that existing knowledge is…
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Mark Coeckelbergh, Green Leviathan or the Poetics of Political Liberty
It is well known that we are not perfectly rational and that our irrationality (or, more precisely, our stupidity) results in us making disastrously short-sighted decisions. This, at least in…
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Mauro Carbone and Graziano Lingua, Toward an Anthropology of Screens: Showing and Hiding, Exposing and Protecting
In an era where digital screens are as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, Toward an Anthropology of Screens by Mauro Carbone and Graziano Lingua offers a seminal exploration into screens’ crucial…
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Mauro Carbone and Graziano Lingua, Toward an Anthropology of Screens: Showing and Hiding, Exposing and Protecting reviewed by Francesco Melchiorri
Is it possible to set a new paradigm for a nascent discipline? What is Anthropology all about? With these two questions in mind, the effort of Mauro Carbone and Graziano…
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Steven Umbrello, Technology Ethics: Responsible Innovation and Design Strategies
Steven Umbrello’s book is a fantastic introduction to understanding (and implementing) responsible design practices with respect to technology. With little or no jargon, and simple but accurate explanations of key…