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‘Our moral intuitions about merit and personal worth are changing.’

an interview with Marion Fourcade about her book "The Ordinal Society" co-written by @kjhealy: https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/04/23/from-uber-ratings-to-credit-scores-whats-lost-in-a-society-that-counts-and-sorts-everything/

#TheOrdinalSociety #concentration #merit #meritocracy #MarionFourcade #Fourcade #school #credit #scores #scoring #reward #rewards #sociology #psychology #socioPsych #socioPsychology #ranking #selfWorth #universalism #digitalization #inequality #inequalities #recognition #data #AIRisks #AIEthics #gaming #socialization #Tracking #surveillance #power #socialControl #governance #regulation #rules #socialMedia #attention #reintermediation #intermediation #enshittification #risk #derisking #vulnerability #morality #confidence #trust #dataDon

Pitiful. Absolutely pitiful, even as the wapo subhead contains: "...a sign that the human touch is not dead..." Beyond pitiful.

"#Techworkers are leaving notes in #robottaxis seeking workers and lovers" -The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/12/waymo-handwritten-notes-jobs-ads/ #Sociology #USSociety

#politic #economy #sociology
https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/after-neoliberalism/articles/after-neoliberalism

**Breaking Free of the Iron Cage: The Individualization of American Religion**

“_Our longitudinal analysis captures a dramatic shift in the American religious landscape, showing how people are breaking free from religious institutions and exploring more personalized forms of faith that resonate with their values._”

Schnabel, L., Horwitz, I., Hekmatpour, P., & Schleifer, C. (2025). Breaking Free of the Iron Cage: The Individualization of American Religion. Socius, 11. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231251327442 (Original work published 2025)

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Religion #Society #Culture #Sociology #Academia #Academics @sociology

Early Career Research Grant Scheme (£ 10,000) provided by the Regional Studies Association. Apply by 12th May 2025. https://www.regionalstudies.org/funding/early-career-grant-scheme/ #urban #sociology

#philosophy #sociology #biology #technology #epistemology #science
#existentialism #life

https://zenodo.org/records/15208019

Thrilled to announce that on April 21 at 2pm Central CBI Tomash Fellow, Harvard ABD Aaron Gluck-Thaler will be giving an online Tomash Fellow Lecture entitled " Pattern Recognition and Intelligence Reform in Cold War America." Please see link below for registration for this free/public event. #ai #aihistory #artificialintelligence #aipolicy #science #tech #history #sts #sociology #anthro

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https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/events/2025-tomash-virtual-lecture-aaron-gluck-thaler

One for my friends in #sociology #AcademicChatter

Today, we remembers the death of the German Protestant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was executed on this day in 1945 for his active opposition to Nazism. May his courage and his memory never be forgotten. #dietrichbonhoeffer #fascism #nazism #Trump #MAGA #Germany #theology #USA #stupidity #cheapgrace #religion #christianity #christian #ChristianNationalism #philosophy #sociology #psychology #resist #TrumpLies #trumptariffs #decline #usa #jesus

Open Access book: "Envisaging Dataist Modernity. The Construction of Edinburgh's Innovation Apparatus" by Nicolas Zehner. https://www.transcript-publishing.com/978-3-8376-7529-0/envisaging-dataist-modernity/?number=978-3-8394-7529-4 #urban #sociology

These Hummingbirds Live In Colonies In Ecuador’s Andes, Surprising Scientists | Bowling Green State University, published by ornithology journal

by @GrrlScientist

#hummingbirds #behavior #Sociology #birding #BirdWatching #birds #Ecuador #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/04/08/these-hummingbirds-live-in-colonies-in-ecuadors-andes-surprising-scientists/

Which family life course aspects shape wealth the most? Our (@NicoleKapelle and Carla Rowold) novel data-driven study uncovers the key family-related predictors of wealth in late working age. Hint: It’s not as simple as you think! Read more: https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/52/22/ #SocialStratification #FamilyDynamics #Sociology #Demography #MachineLearning

Next was "Organizations in Time," edited by Marcelo Bucheli and Dan Wadhwani. I love that there's an audiobook version of a book like this, which is an edited volume containing a number of articles on different aspects of doing research at the intersection of management studies and history. I found the last section on organizational historical data sources and methods to be the most interesting

Full review: https://bookwyrm.social/book/1974389/s/organizations-in-time (6/7) #sociology #history

"Researchers identified four main types of romantic lovers: mild, moderate, libidinous (lust-driven), and intense lovers."

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-say-there-are-4-types-of-lovers-which-one-are-you/

#love #science #sociology

Next was a fantastic event on social protection and gender equality in the gig economy at the Asian Development Bank Institute with Tetsushi Sonobe, Raja Rajendra Timilsina (social welfare program demand in Indian informal workers), Joseph Han (social protection of Korean platform workers), and Stephanie Dimatulac Santos (Southeast Asia gig economy gender dynamics). Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KN0TwrUfGA (6/11) #work #sociology #labor

Auguste Comte: The Life & Legacy of the Philosopher of Positivism

Auguste Comte revolutionized philosophy and sociology with positivism, laying the foundation for modern social sciences.

by Viktoriya Sus

https://www.thecollector.com/august-comte-life-legacy-philosophy-positivism/

Books by Auguste Comte at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/35532

#books #literature #philosophy #sociology

Oh Christ, what is he gonna do to George? #philosophy #hegel #MAGA #sociology #Germany #academicchatter #academicmastodon #trump

I heard Annihilation was about grief or relationships. I'm interested af in Scavenger's Reign.

I feel like we have a rough indentation / substructure of how we will process things from birth, but that every event thereon will shape it further.

As well, we know ourselves in reference to others: "I'm like A, not like B, but most like C. What lies beyond C? I might see myself reflected best over there."

"Rules do not exist to bind you; they exist so you may know your freedoms."
Parameters outline a given environment within which to experiment and explore. It's one antidote to Blank Page Syndrome, for example.

https://nebula.tv/videos/talefoundry-fiction-about-nobody/

#art #sociology #psychology #neuroscience #neurodivergent #neurodiverse #neurodiversity #human #humans #people #person #personal #InTheLabDoingStuff #learning #philosophy #ontology #science #ScienceMastodon #ScienceOfScience #ScienceMatters #sci #SciPost #study #research #learn #explore #anthropology #system #systems #SystemsThinking #SystemsAnalysis #CriticalThinking #CriticalAnalysis #fun #interesting

I have to disagree entirely about personifying the automated house in There Will Come Soft Rains (fantastic name), but otherwise yes. This is exactly my understanding.

https://nebula.tv/videos/talefoundry-fiction-about-nobody/

It's also a good description of why I feel so confused by others.
People tend to feel more secure (than I do) in their identities as individuals, group members, and (neurotypical / neurodefault / neurorigid) humans.

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AN EXPLORATION OF ABLEISM’S IMPACT and a set of thoughtful recommendations for creating a more inclusive society, from entrepreneur/disability activist Tiffany Yu. Wise, insightful, admirably clear, aimed primarily at currently able allies. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-anti-ableist-manifesto-tiffany-yu/1144796202?ean=9780306833663

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