#KpopMonday #WorkHard

WJSN -- As You Wish
https://youtu.be/2Q9G6R2hKIQ?si=uGghcnu4bDUhqM17

Part of me thinks I ought to apologize for posting this MV for the umpteenth time, but my deeper self is unrepentant because in fact I absolutely adore this MV.

One of the many things I love about the MV is the reversal it works on our usual feelings about bureaucracy and form filling. Instead of facilitating a rationalizing process that sucks the magic out of our lives, the beautiful office workers of WJSN use their retrotechnology to ensure our wishes are granted, thereby re-enchanting the world .

#Kpop #WJSN #AsYouWish #Sociology #MaxWeber #Wiederverzauberung

Still time to register! UMass Amherst Prof. Barcu Baykurt Book Launch Talk "Smart as a City." Tuesday, May 5th 1 pm C., 2 pm E., a CBI Virtual Event.

https://share.google/zXBJu3PhZmkt3a48l

This insightful book by Prof. Baykurt, out of U. of Cali. Press, provides an ethnographic and policy analysis of IT "Testbed Urbanism" & racial & class inequality in KC, MO,... Google's Gig network & various "Smart"/AI initiatives.

#ai #sociology #anthropology #history #geography #mediastudies #communication #sts

What we build can only be as strong as what we build it on.

You can’t build something great on a weak foundation --- so why do we rush the beginning?

New reflection:
The Essential Foundation

https://socialscience43.github.io/posts/the-essential-foundation.html

#philosophy #sociology #society #socialscience #writing #blog #essay #science #socialscience43 #foundation

Global number of tobacco users aged 15+ (2025)

https://lemmy.world/post/46386552

Alcohol consumption worldwide measured in liters of pure alcohol per capita, age 15+ (2022)

https://lemmy.world/post/46386258

Religious Diversity Index across 201 countries (2026)

https://lemmy.world/post/46386205

Fertility rates for every country (2024)

https://lemmy.world/post/46386100

"So what makes an outgroup? Proximity plus small differences."

A nice 2014 article. It takes a little warming up, stick with it.

https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup/

#psychology #sociology