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In every capitalist economy there are anti-capitalist movements, activists, and even political parties in a way, that there are no longer anti-democratic movements, activists, and parties.
Geoff Mulgan
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Geoff Mulgan
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 1
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Lots of creativity is and should be solitary.
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All of nationalism can be understood as a kind of collective narcissism.
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All innovation is about letting go, saying goodbye to things to create space for the new.
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With a fractured sense of self, we come to depend on what people feed back to us - often mediated through social networks - not what we are. We have complex identities but may become less able to act as a subject - confident in what we really are.
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