Mastodawn

@jwildeboer The comment on the wiki page about Conway's observation being being originally a sociological one has a "citation needed" mark against it, but I think that's right on the money. I think it extends beyond tech and what we normally think of when we think of "organisations." For example, we wouldn't think of LinkedIn users as being an organisation as such, yet there are definitely the outlines of organising mechanics, and these are most definitely and obviously coded into the language used.

#Sociology #Language #Semiotics #InGroups

MathiasTCK.bsky.social 4d ago

#WilhoitsLaw " Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be #InGroups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time. "

The travesty of liberalism — C...

The travesty of liberalism — Crooked Timber

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Apr 18, 2025

A quotation from Pratchett

   “Yo!” said the Dean.
   “Yo what?” said Ridcully.
   “It’s not a yo what, it’s just a yo,” said the Senior Wrangler, behind him. “It’s a general street greeting and affirmative with convivial military ingroup and masculine bonding-ritual overtones.”
   “What? What? Like ‘jolly good’?” said Ridcully.
   “I suppose so,” said the Senior Wrangler, reluctantly.

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Reaper Man (1991)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/pratchett-terry/3906…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #greeting #ingroups #language #masculinity #yo

Interesting Links Apr 15, 2025

The Pithiest Critique of Modern Conservatism Keeps Getting Credited to the Wrong Man
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
-- It wasn't Francis Wilhoit, the political scholar who died in 2010, but Frank Wilhoit, the music composer who wrote it as part of a reply to a blog post in 2018.

#WilhoitsLaw #politics #conservatism #ingroups