Thanks so much! I have many articles on abstraction across the blog (there is about 13 spread out), and more to come. Ironic that Peterson would be one important path into the topic, and also someone I criticize harshly in other areas.
From Post-Truth to Paradigm Shift “There is nothing more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity” — Martin Luther King Jr Prologue: Thinking about Think Tanks Thomas Medvetz’ book Think Tanks in America (2012) presents a great fusion of some my interests: think tanks, public sociology, and intellectualism. The impact of think tanks — havens for knowledge production and policy shaping — falls very
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From Post-Truth to Paradigm Shift “There is nothing more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity” — Martin Luther King Jr Prologue: Thinking about Think Tanks Thomas Medvetz’ book Think Tanks in America (2012) presents a great fusion of some my interests: think tanks, public sociology, and intellectualism. The impact of think tanks — havens for knowledge production and policy shaping — falls very
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“What the letter doesn’t mention is that Bennet lost his job for, among other things, running an op-ed section that published a senator advocating the use of military force against peaceful American protesters — a column that employees pointed out literally put Black lives in danger — and without even having read it before publication.” This is exactly the
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disagree… Western epistemology has been breeding objectification and exploitation. Gregory spoke of this often.
When a numb limb has sensation again. When the held breath is released and new inhale meets the cells. When the fire gets air.
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probably much longer…colonial, slavery, exploitation built into the structure of academy, economy, health systems, justice systems… etc.
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Tornando al nostro punto cieco: vedere l’ombra come fonte di trasformazione — Otto Scharmer tradotto da Paolo Fedi — dall’articolo originale in inglese di Otto Scharmer Noi stiamo vivendo in un momento di cambiamento tettonico nella società. Qualcosa è cambiato quando tutti abbiamo guardato le stesse immagini — 8 minuti e 46 secondi — l’uccisione di George Floyd. Durante quell’esperienza insopportabile, qualcosa si è rotto
“If food prices went up” — think of stamps. They used to “go up” in price. Forever stamps guarantee a service, not a price. The government would issue citizen currency that guaranteed a service, not a price. The service would be x number of food points per person, let’s say “food points” means calories x
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Ah good question. By “regulated” I mean that the amount of currency that is issued should come back as currency used. That would regulate the flows. Or perhaps, there would be an expiration date, say yearly. This means the incentive would not be to save money (it can’t be saved or increased in value) but
