Comments on: Where There’s Smoke. . . . http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/04/29/where-theres-smoke/ Economics of organizations, strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and more Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:14:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Rafe Champion http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/04/29/where-theres-smoke/#comment-70190 Rafe Champion Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:25:21 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=1506#comment-70190 On the topic of re-starting careers in middle age, Karl Buhler had a similar experience to Mises although he did not fare so well. They were both on a hit list of people whose apartments were raided by local agents when the Germans invaded Austria. Mises was in Geneva so he was physically safe but Buhler was in prison for about six weeks before he was released and told he would have to divorce his Jewish wife if he wanted to keep his job (running an institute for psycho-social research). She was overseas at the time and he walked over the border with a backback of possessions to start a new life in the US. His career never got off the ground in the US although he was arguably the most important of the Viennese psychologists and he laid the foundations for the modern approach to studies of language. http://www.the-rathouse.com/K_and_C_Buhler.html I wanted to mention Buhler in relation to Hayek because there is no mention of Buhler's work in "The Sensory Order". On the topic of re-starting careers in middle age, Karl Buhler had a similar experience to Mises although he did not fare so well. They were both on a hit list of people whose apartments were raided by local agents when the Germans invaded Austria. Mises was in Geneva so he was physically safe but Buhler was in prison for about six weeks before he was released and told he would have to divorce his Jewish wife if he wanted to keep his job (running an institute for psycho-social research). She was overseas at the time and he walked over the border with a backback of possessions to start a new life in the US. His career never got off the ground in the US although he was arguably the most important of the Viennese psychologists and he laid the foundations for the modern approach to studies of language.
http://www.the-rathouse.com/K_and_C_Buhler.html
I wanted to mention Buhler in relation to Hayek because there is no mention of Buhler’s work in “The Sensory Order”.

]]> By: Per Bylund http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/04/29/where-theres-smoke/#comment-70189 Per Bylund Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:51:44 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=1506#comment-70189 Hardware and software can easily be replaced, what matters is data. Which is why it is so important to make frequent backups. With free services such as <a href="http://skydrive.live.com/" rel="nofollow">SkyDrive</a> and softwares making automatic backups of files there's no excuse anymore <i>not</i> to have backups. At least such high-tech services makes it easier in case of fire - they minimize the number of times you have to run into the burning building to save your stuff. After all, all you would have to save from the flames are physical objects with [sentimental] value: treasured books, pictures, and prizes. So you can leave laptops and Blackberries in the flames (if you can rely on your insurance coverage)... ;-) Hardware and software can easily be replaced, what matters is data. Which is why it is so important to make frequent backups. With free services such as SkyDrive and softwares making automatic backups of files there’s no excuse anymore not to have backups.

At least such high-tech services makes it easier in case of fire - they minimize the number of times you have to run into the burning building to save your stuff. After all, all you would have to save from the flames are physical objects with [sentimental] value: treasured books, pictures, and prizes. So you can leave laptops and Blackberries in the flames (if you can rely on your insurance coverage)… ;-)

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