brighton36

We are Marcuse's one dimensional man.

Unfortunately, the problem with seeing white supremacy is that in doing so, we create white supremacy.

Facts are disgusting. That's what makes them facts.

I think we're just going to have to pay for privacy. If it's important, and scarce, it will be up for sale. All societal social values and morals will be commoditized and assessed for purchase. No one is smart enough to know why this is antithetical to their society's interests.

Of course. These are ostensible goals. The goals don't have to be realized, in order for the hope to appear.

The goal of the institution is to objectify those who command its hierarchy. It's assumed to be possible to do. And in this assumption, we are led to be hopeful for an enduring service.

Bitcoin is a thneed.

Money is a faith.

Sign value.

How does sound economic policy differ from visual economic policy?

If you present complexity, people assume you're smart, and give you their money to invest.

It's cheap talk. It's not intended to be followed through. It intends to fool the neurotic, which, it usually succeeds in doing.

I have no doubt. That's why I said 'mostly'. It's a cold. A bad one, for some. Mostly, we perform the act of the pandemic. The acts offer confidence to the neurotic.

Coronavirus is mostly a performance. The governors perform it on camera. This is similar to the security theatre performances after 9/11.

and to promote fear.

Goodhearts law

I guess that was a bit terse. NPR did a series called 'nice white parents' that went over some of these issues. But, the central question is basically "what is the goal here" . Do kids belong to the state, and the state decides what's best? (and what's involved there) Do kids belong to the parents, and parents decide what's best? What is education? Do we want them job ready? What if these are zero sum games. etc.

This assumes we know what schools are for. :(

I'm not sure if this is interesting to anyone. But, I wanted something a bit more lightweight, so, I'm writing my own kinda/sorta Drogon thing. It's using git and cmake to (hopefully) serve as a better library management system. Here's the 'app' I'm devoloping: https://github.com/brighton36/vuecrudd and here's the project itself: https://github.com/brighton36/prails

I'm starting to think a lot of schemes at the federal level (patent, copyright, securities law, trademark, etc) are robbing these conservative states of opportunity. In the op's proposed system, it's probable that wealth can be generated through better competition in these regulatory systems.

Most of the product that schools offer, is in teaching 'propriety'. This is their function as an obedience academy. This requires bodies in seats, and it requires a dissemination of what ignorances students are socially required to bear.

These are objective concessions. Most of these concessions took tens (or thousands) of years to become objective.

I used to think that. Marketing is all about moralizing the product.

I'd think he has at least a good enough sense of humor to smile about it.

Then, the prestige it sells, is probably not all that legitimate.

As opposed to which... What? Colleges used to manufacture knowledge.

Even with the human presence. There's so much unneeded bundling - these campuses have turned into prestige factories.

Perhaps twitter should replace these signifiers with "boss" and "employee" .

When politicians don't represent voters, chaos is the only way to get representation.

Prestige as a product. Which, is increasingly the function of the university.