Atheism: March 2008 Archives

The Dynamo and the Virgin

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Like the original scanner, I'm a serious devotee of Soviet constructivist art. Beyond the intuitive appeal of the form, I'm fascinated by the degree to which the message in early Soviet propaganda resonates with charity today. Not surprising, really, in part due to the degree to which the ideology of Soviet production adopted the principles of Taylorism, which is also a direct ancestor of the principles that animate social entrepreneurship.

Below: engineering creates the mechanism of efficient production by supplanting the spirit of obsolete faith.

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