nothing is objective
despite the undeniably consistent picture that we see across studies of scientific data collection, the desire to remove the human from the data in order to enhance objectivity remains very strong. Invariably, it seems like the ethical move.
Melanie Feinberg • The Myth of Objective Data
We've built an entire professional discipline around wilful blindness to the grief, desperation, and moral collapse that actually drives consumer behaviour.The industry calls this objectivity. I call it strategic sociopathy.
Strategic Sociopathy | Zoe Scaman | 19 comments
Thomas Klaffke on LinkedIn: #data #quantification #facts #wisdom | 12 comments
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The issue with even this “trend” is that so much of cultural critique today remains observational.
Problematic considering the tiny narrative bubbles we’re each in.
Without layering any quantitative analysis into our stories, fads remain just reactions to reactions. Emptiness.
Liked Tweetstwitter.comgood numbers don't mean good impact. We can hit every target and still harm the system we operate in.
zoe scaman • The Work
The problem: When cultures come into contact, they experience conflicts over meanings. Other peoples do things differently; their beliefs seem obviously wrong to us. But they think our beliefs and practices are wrong. How do we know ours are right? The solution: The systematic mode tries to solve this problem by creating unarguable foundations, to
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