Paul Goble 
@pgcommunication@qoto.org
Paul Goble, technical writer in the USA. I help scientists solve their most difficult measurement problems. I hope your day is better because we have met!
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New post, well ive been working on it since 2017 so it's a big one. 🧠
I put together a Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Cognitive Biases — 145 biases catalogued across 22 sections.
This isn't just another "top 20 biases" listicle. It goes way beyond the usual territory into:
🔹 How social media and algorithms are specifically designed to amplify your biases
🔹 The deeper worldview-level biases most people never examine
🔹 Concepts like wetiko (the indigenous "mind virus"), mass formation, and egregoric capture
🔹 Political shadow traps across ALL ideological orientations — left, right, libertarian, centrist, none are spared
🔹 Propaganda, institutional capture, and historical case studies of what happens when these patterns go civilizational
But it doesn't stop at diagnosis. Part II is entirely about liberation — drawing from therapeutic tools, contemplative practices, depth psychology, philosophy, and daily routines for staying sovereign in a world designed to capture your attention.
The goal isn't to become "unbiased" — that's impossible. It's to become more awake and more free.
I'd love to know which biases hit home for you.
https://danload.substack.com/p/comprehensive-encyclopedia-of-cognitive
@freemo 2nd and 4th are amenable to text-only variations. I'd probably go with the 2nd (with the white background), with some edits to make the symbols meaningful.
@ianbetteridge Windows at work, but Android has displaced everything else at home.
#Qoto migration question: I have 20 lists with over 300 followers on my old instance. So far I've had no luck with mastodon-list-importer, mastodon list manager, or federike. Any suggestions on how to reconstruct those lists on qoto.org? I'm doing all of my Mastodon-ing on my Android devices, so installing one of the command-line tools isn't practical.
I'm Paul Goble in Nebraska & Colorado, USA.
#NotMe: Childrens author, Eurasian expert
Values: #LoveGod #LovePeople #truthmatters #CovidIsNotOver
Work: Technical writer #techcomm #scicomm #icpms #spectroscopy #uxdesign #apidoc #instrumentation
Interests: #physics #linguistics #risks #lighting #VisualArts #nature #ChristianFiction #libraries #meteorology
Orgs: #ieee-pcs #acm #sigdoc #stc
Pronouns: Talk to me, not about me.
Mastodon accounts:
@pgcommunication@vis.social for visual and technical communication.
@pgcommunication for everything else.
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The more confident you are in your answers, the less seriously I take you.
Recently I visited a fairly large US post office which was completely out of stamps. Is this becoming a common thing?
@internic I'm also considering splitting my #Mastodon presence across 2-3 instances. Most of my follows are on lists, so ideally I'd find a tool to "migrate everyone except the ones on these three lists."
I think I'll just move everything onto my new "home" instance (#qoto, probably) and manually refollow my favorites on the old instance.
I'm unclear about the effect of putting a #redirect on the old instance, as we're advised to do--will that hamper my ability to continue having a distinct presence there?
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@rjay Cash donations allow food banks to purchase perishables like milk, meat and fresh vegetables, often at wholesale prices. So I quit giving my money to grocery chains, and started giving my money directly to the local food cupboard. I even get an income tax receipt. It's a win all around.
Paul Goble, technical writer in the USA. I help scientists solve their most difficult measurement problems. I hope your day is better because we have met!
