23 Matching Annotations
  1. Aug 2024
    1. The song's criticism on mass media is mainly related to sensationalism.

      "Good" things are usually not sensational. They do not demand attention, hence why the code of known/unknown based on selectors for attention filters it out.

      Reference Hans-Georg Moeller's explanations of Luhmann's mass media theory based on functionally differentiated systems theory.

      Can also compare to Simone Weil's thoughts on collectives and opinion; organizations (thus most part of mass media) should not be allowed to form opinions as this is an act of the intellect, only residing in the individual. Opinion of any form meant to spread lies or parts of the truth rather than the whole truth should be disallowed according to her because truth is a foundational, even the most sacred, need for the soul.

      People must be protected against misinformation.

  2. Jul 2024
    1. A critique on the Mass Media... The problem is that they want the Mass Media system to operate on the code of "True/False" rather than "Known/Unknown"... But if it were to be so, it would not be Mass Media anymore, but rather the Science System.

      For Mass Media to be Mass Media it needs to be concerned with selection and filtering, to condense and make known, not to present "all the facts". Sure, they need to be concerned with truth to a certain degree, but it's not the primary priority.


      This is a reflection based on my knowledge of Luhmann's theory of society as functionally differentiated systems; as explained by Hans-Georg Moeller (Carefree Wandering) on YouTube.

  3. May 2024
    1. « Des fois, certaines familles n’ont pas le choix de mettre les enfants devant Netflix. C’est moins cher qu’un club de foot. »Celui qui appelle à une aide financière pour la parentalité, estime aussi qu’il faut « prendre de la hauteur » par rapport aux écrans.Au final, le postulat de base fait consensus : « Bien sûr qu’il faut éviter que les petits soient soumis à des écrans. Tout cela nécessite une régulation », conclut Thomas Rohmer. « Mais une fois cela dit, quelles solutions réelles ? »
  4. Feb 2024
    1. https://chat.openai.com/g/g-z5XcnT7cQ-zettel-critique-assistant

      Zettel Critique Assistant<br /> By Florian Lengyel<br /> Critique Zettels following three rules: Zettels should have a single focus, WikiLinks indicate a shift in focus, Zettels should be written for your future self. The GPT will suggest how to split multi-focused notes into separate notes. Create structure note from a list of note titles and abstracts.

      ᔥ[[ZettelDistraction]] in Share with us what is happening in your ZK this week. February 20, 2024

    1. Voici quelques critiques vis à vis des acteurs non étatiques dans l'éducation qui sont mentionnées dans le rapport de la page :

      • Ils peuvent violer le droit à l'éducation en imposant des frais de scolarité, en discriminant certains groupes ou en offrant une qualité médiocre.
      • Ils peuvent aggraver les inégalités et la ségrégation en créant des systèmes éducatifs parallèles qui favorisent les élites ou les communautés privilégiées.
      • Ils peuvent influencer de manière indue les politiques publiques en matière d'éducation en faisant du lobbying, en finançant des recherches biaisées ou en captant des ressources publiques.
      • Ils peuvent échapper au contrôle et à la réglementation des gouvernements en opérant dans l'informalité, en dissimulant leurs informations ou en résistant aux normes communes.
      • Ils peuvent compromettre l'intégrité et la transparence du processus d'élaboration des politiques en matière d'éducation en manipulant le langage, en imposant leurs priorités ou en excluant les voix des parties prenantes.
    1. Voici quelques critiques vis à vis des acteurs non étatiques dans l'éducation qui sont mentionnées dans le rapport de la page :

      • Ils peuvent violer le droit à l'éducation en imposant des frais de scolarité, en discriminant certains groupes ou en offrant une qualité médiocre.
      • Ils peuvent aggraver les inégalités et la ségrégation en créant des systèmes éducatifs parallèles qui favorisent les élites ou les communautés privilégiées.
      • Ils peuvent influencer de manière indue les politiques publiques en matière d'éducation en faisant du lobbying, en finançant des recherches biaisées ou en captant des ressources publiques.
      • Ils peuvent échapper au contrôle et à la réglementation des gouvernements en opérant dans l'informalité, en dissimulant leurs informations ou en résistant aux normes communes.
      • Ils peuvent compromettre l'intégrité et la transparence du processus d'élaboration des politiques en matière d'éducation en manipulant le langage, en imposant leurs priorités ou en excluant les voix des parties prenantes.
  5. Nov 2022
    1. Meta-analysis statistical procedures provide a measure of the difference between two groups thatis expressed in quantitative units that are comparable across studies

      The units are only "comparable across studies" if there weren't any mishaps (eg, clinical or methodological heterogeneity). If there's clinical heterogeneity, then we're probably comparing apples to oranges (ie, either participants, interventions, or outcomes are different among studies). If there's methodological heterogeneity, then that means there's a difference in study design

    1. http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~eamonn/meaningless.pdf Paper that argues cluster time series subsequences is "meaningless". tl;dr: radically different distributions end up converging to translations of basic sine or trig functions. Wonder if constructing a simplicial complex does anything?

      Note that one researcher changed the algorithm to produce potentially meaningful results

  6. Apr 2022
    1. Carl T. Bergstrom. (2021, March 28). In his latest paper about COVID infection fatality rates, John Ioannidis does not address the critiques from @GidMK, but instead engages in the most egregious gatekeeping that I have ever seen in a scientific paper. Https://t.co/P08sFIovD6 [Tweet]. @CT_Bergstrom. https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1376080062131269634

  7. Apr 2020
  8. Nov 2018
    1. The paradox of resistance: critique, neoliberalism, and the limits of performativity

      I found this post from Sherri Spelic's post, "A Convention In My Mind.

    2. This is why, in the seemingly interminable debates about the ‘validity’ of neoliberalism as an analytical term, both sides are right: yes, on the one hand, the term is vague and can seemingly be applied to any manifestation of power, but, on the other, it does cover everything, which means it cannot be avoided either.

      Neoliberalism's ambiguity: it can describe anything, and yet is also everything.

    3. Neoliberalism is the requirement to submit all your research outputs to the faculty website, but neoliberalism is also the pride you feel when your most recent article is Tweeted about.

      The Tweet pride part of this hits home.

    4. In formal terms, critique is a form of a Russell’s paradox: a set that at the same time both is and is not a member of itself.

      Critique as Russell's paradox.

    5. Namely, the object or target of critique becomes increasingly elusive, murky, and de-differentiated: but, strangely enough, so does the subject.

      Interesting: so something like as critique gets deeper (?) the agency of the critic disperses.

    6. Varieties of neoliberalism, varieties of critique?

      The three main varieties of critique of neoliberal knowledge production: marxist, poststructuralist, and neo-materialist (eg, big data, ai, machine learning).

    7. Relatedly, given the level of agreement among academics about the general direction of these changes, engagement with developing long-term, sustainable alternatives to exploitative modes of knowledge production has been surprisingly scattered.

      Alternative practices to exploitative knowledge production have not kept up with critiques.

  9. Sep 2017
    1. right to privacy must be forsaken in the interest of welfare entitlements provided by the State

      privacy is an elitist concern

    2. that there is a statutory regime by virtue of which the right to privacyis adequately protected and hence it is not necessary to read a constitutional right to privacy into the fundamental rights. This submission is sought to be fortified by contending that privacy is merely a common law right and the statutory protection is a reflection of that position

      A statutory and common law right to privacy negates the need for a constitutional right

    3. dangers of privacy when it is used to cover up physical harm done to women by perpetrating their subjection.

      Feminist critique of privacy

    4. privacy should be protected only when access to information would reduce its value such as when a student is allowed access to a letter of recommendation for admission, rendering such a letter less reliable. According to Posner, privacy when manifested as control over information about oneself, is utilised to mislead or manipulate others

      Economic critique of privacy - posner

    5. Judith Jarvis Thomson,in an article published in 1975, noted that while there is little agreement on the content of privacy, ultimately privacy is a cluster of rights which overlap with property rights or the right to bodily security. In her view, the right to privacy is derivative in the sense that a privacy violation is better understood as violation of a more basic right

      Reductionist critique of privacy - JJ Thomson used by respondents to support the argument that privacy itself is not a right, but privacy violations may lead to other violations.