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This is shaping up to be an “Angels in the Outfield”-esque run, and just like in the old Disney film, the Rockies—without the help of Christopher Lloyd??are destined to finish out this historic...
...recent tour of Europe, Putnam, best known for his 2000 book “Bowling Alone,” rolled out his findings before crowds of academics as well as several journalists—including John Lloyd of the Financial Times (FT). It was Lloyd??s account that led Putnam, who served in President Carter’s administration, to ever-so-briefly become a darling of the right...
...phone interview from London yesterday, Lloyd said that his article in the paper’s Oct. 9 British edition “did include the positive spin” that Putnam put on his work. And Lloyd??s follow-up Web-exclusive analysis includes seven paragraphs explicating Putnam’s more optimistic third point...
...Lloyd??s metaphors, too, become tiresome by the end of the book (monkeys on typewriters make all too frequent appearances). I often felt like I was the monkey, and Lloyd was pulling the wool over my eyes...
...biggest (and most controversial) idea in Lloyd??s book may be his take on why the world is so complex. Admittedly more a metaphysical musing than hard science, Lloyd takes comfort in the idea that coherent information creates more coherent information and that our universe was programmed for order. Lloyd sees life and evolutionary complexity as almost deterministically guaranteed...