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Links: General Politics and Current Affairs
My list of links to post was getting ridiculous, so I have come up with a hopefully more workable system, and will try to divide the backlog into digestible chunks.
"Current" here means, uh, 2017 in some cases >.>
It may only take 3.5% of the population to topple a dictator – with civil resistance
How to cut through when talking to anti-vaxxers and anti-fluoriders
Discusion of the ACLU and free speech
Conscious consumerism is a lie. Here’s a better way to help save the world
The Month That Killed The Sixties
Basic Income: Progressive Dreams Meet Neoliberal Realities
I vaguely recall not being sure if I agreed with this analysis
It Takes Just $1,000 to Track Someone's Location With Mobile Ads
Silicon Valley Is Not Your Friend We are beginning to understand that tech companies don’t have our best interests at heart. Did they ever?
When Data Science Destabilizes Democracy and Facilitates Genocide
What is the ethical responsibility of data scientists?
This Is The Daily Stormer's Playbook
Twenty-First Century Victorians
The nineteenth-century bourgeoisie used morality to assert class dominance — something elites still do today.
The Lifespan of a Lie
The most famous psychology study of all time was a sham. Why can’t we escape the Stanford Prison Experiment?
The Concept Creep of 'Emotional Labor'
The term has become a central part of an important conversation about the division of household work. But the sociologist who coined it says it’s being used incorrectly.
"Current" here means, uh, 2017 in some cases >.>
It may only take 3.5% of the population to topple a dictator – with civil resistance
How to cut through when talking to anti-vaxxers and anti-fluoriders
Discusion of the ACLU and free speech
Conscious consumerism is a lie. Here’s a better way to help save the world
The Month That Killed The Sixties
Basic Income: Progressive Dreams Meet Neoliberal Realities
I vaguely recall not being sure if I agreed with this analysis
It Takes Just $1,000 to Track Someone's Location With Mobile Ads
Silicon Valley Is Not Your Friend We are beginning to understand that tech companies don’t have our best interests at heart. Did they ever?
When Data Science Destabilizes Democracy and Facilitates Genocide
What is the ethical responsibility of data scientists?
This Is The Daily Stormer's Playbook
Twenty-First Century Victorians
The nineteenth-century bourgeoisie used morality to assert class dominance — something elites still do today.
The Lifespan of a Lie
The most famous psychology study of all time was a sham. Why can’t we escape the Stanford Prison Experiment?
The Concept Creep of 'Emotional Labor'
The term has become a central part of an important conversation about the division of household work. But the sociologist who coined it says it’s being used incorrectly.