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A Brief History of the Gradual Shift from Submission Censorship towards Self Publishing
One of my friends who has enough patience to patiently listen to my own long-winded diatribes into various affairs in the realms of such sophisticated topics as literacy, economics or even the conditions of life in general (yet who will … Continue reading
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Tagged brand, brand name, brand names, brands, censorship, language, mass media, online publishing, publishing, rational media, self publishing, submission, submissive, submit
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The relationship between the Validity of Natural Language Expressions and the Statistical Concepts of Accuracy and Precision
As you may be aware, I recently started reading a book that was quite the bestseller a few years ago (see e.g. my initial reaction to the quote: “The problem is that the pervasiveness of technology and mass marketing is … Continue reading
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Tagged accuracy, accurate, expression, expressions, language, natural language, precise, precision, reliability, reliable, science, scientific, valid, validity
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In What We Trust
You may recall a post I made a few months ago .. in which I mentioned that “I am not at all proud of the species I apparently belong to” (“I understand that this is very important to you”). Another … Continue reading
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Tagged brand, brand name, brand names, branding, brands, communities, community, domain name, domain name registries, domain name registry, domain names, intellectual property, intellectual property law, intellectual property laws, linguistic communities, linguistic community, market, marketplace, marketplaces, markets, natural, natural language, nature, online communities, online community, organization, organizational structure, organizational structures, organizations, trademark, trademark law, trademark laws, trademarks
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Obscurity is an issue we all have to deal with
It’s been almost two decades since Tim O’Reilly wrote “Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy.” That article mainly dealt with issues of copyright and similar intellectual property laws – and one point where … Continue reading
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Tagged common, community, engage, engaged, engagement, engaging, language, linguistic community, obscurity, participation, people, shared, unique selling proposal, USP
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Hope & Change: Flipping the F-word & Removing the Old-Fashioned R-word
I have an important announcement to make: I’ve learned something — and what I learned has helped me to change my course. Many years ago, I started using Facebook (in large part because one of my friends said “facebook” was … Continue reading
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Tagged brand, brand name, brand names, brands, fake news, Hope & Change, irrational media, language, manipulation, propaganda, rational media, retard media, slogans, suckers, wisdom of the language
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I understand that this is very important to you
One of the texts on my “summer reading” list was “The Plague” (by Albert Camus). I had never read anything of Camus’ before, and I was stunned by his immense ability to explicate intricate details of human thought and behavior, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberrt Camus, goal, goals, importance, important, information, language, life, meaning, natural language, profession, professional, purpose, work
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Patronizing Patrons Outside Your Own Community vs. Being a Patron Inside Your Own Community
One of my good friends (the kind that actually try to push back on the kinds of things I often say) has been hammering away for some time at my attitude – sort of calling it patronizing. I beg to … Continue reading
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Tagged ad, ads, advertisement, advertisements, advertising, advertising industry, attitude, audience, closed, communication, communications, communities, community, express, expressed, expression, expressions, free speech, group, groups, illiteracy, illiterate, in-group, language, languages, linguistic communities, linguistic community, literacy, literate, mean, meaning, means, mutual, negotiation, negotiation of meaning, open, out-group, participate, participating, participation, patron, patronage, patronise, patronize, patrons, propaganda, rational media, read, reader, readers, reading, relationship, relationships, retard media, target, target audience, targets, understanding, write, writer, writers, writing
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Automatism + Automaticity – What is my role?
While writing the previous episodes, I wondered how other people would react to them. I decided to publish them even though I think most people are not very concerned about the well-being of others. I expect most people will react … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, anxious, Automaticity, Automatism, bandwagon, bandwagon effect, behavior, behaviour, chance, community, compliance, comply, ego, egotistical, enlighten, enlightened, enlightened self-interest, evolution, explain, explanation, fear, fears, fool, foolish, Holy Fool, ideas, illiteracy, insecurity, irrational, literacy, mainstream, money, nature, neighbor, neighbors, other, others, propaganda, rational, rationality, repress, repressed, repression, risk, risky, self, self-centered, self-interest, selfish, thoughts, unconcious, vulnerability, vulnerable
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Automatism + Automaticity – Let’s do this right!
In the previous episode, I raised some concerns about how automatism and automaticity affect us, our technologies and therefore also the world in general. I quoted a line from Malcolm Gladwell’s most recent book, “Talking to strangers” – but I … Continue reading
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Tagged algorithm, algorithmic, algorithms, Automaticity, Automatism, complex, complexity, computer, computers, context, contextual, contextualization, data, decentralization, decentralize, decentralized, differentiating, differentiation, distinguish, distinguishing, diversity, evolution, human, humans, internet, measure, measurement, natural, nature, perspective, qualification, qualifications, qualitative, qualitative data, qualities, quality, reliability, reliable, science, scientific, scientific method, scientific methodology, scientific methods, simple, simplicity, technology, variation
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Automatism + Automaticity – 20th Century
If you thought my previous introduction was dark, then if you use your imagination a little to color in the details of what comes next, then you may actually begin to lose your faith in humanity – but I choose … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, ad, ads, advertising, algorithm, algorithmic, algorithms, automate, automatic, Automaticity, automation, Automatism, capital, communication, community, development, economic, economics, economy, employ, employee, employment, free to choose, free will, Greta Thunberg, human, humane, humanism, humanity, industrial, industry, Karl Marx, labor, legacy, Malcolm Gladwell, marketing, Marx, Marxist, media, media industry, money, output, Pavlov, Pavlov dog, Pavlov dogs, production, profit, profits, Regarding the Pain of Others, research, science, scientific, search, search algorithm, search algorithms, stranger, strangers, Susan Sontag, talk, talking, Talking to Strangers, work
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