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Highly-adaptive, informal networks move diagonally and eliptically, skipping entire functions to get things done.

Jacques Barzun

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Jacques Barzun
Age: 104 †
Born: 1907
Born: November 30
Died: 2012
Died: October 25
Critic
Cultural Historian
Historian
Philosopher
University Teacher
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Diagonally
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Informal

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