A Necessary Critique of Fontcuberta’s Algorithmic Photography

This March, Spanish conceptual artist and photographer Joan Fontcuberta published a new book in Italy. Immagini Latenti concludes with a chapter on AI and

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“AA: There is also a way to argue, on the flipside, that the project of Israel is essentially a project of assimilation into the Western world order—that there’s nothing inherently Jewish about what Israel is doing, and that it actually represents assimilation into a colonial framework. But then, of course, there’s a way to read this that’s very direct: This is what Jews are doing in the world. Secular Jews, religious Jews, cultural Jews, all kinds of Jews.

EL: You’re absolutely right. That was the strategy we on the Jewish left used for a long time, to say Judaism was colonized and the Zionists are Jewish antisemites, in that they reject what the antisemites reject—the diasporic, exilic, “parasite” Jew—and want instead to become real Europeans. But when so many people who call themselves Jewish are doing things that we have a problem with and calling it “Jewish,” we cannot just dismiss it, or claim that it’s not real Judaism. If you look at statistics, at least in Israel, the support for Netanyahu and the Gaza war, including the most racist genocidal statements, is correlated to how religious people are—the more religious, the more supportive. There were times when you could expect the Haredi communities not to go to the army, not to celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut, Independence Day, not even to speak Hebrew. And that’s changed.”

https://jewishcurrents.org/when-jewishness-means-genocide

#jewishness #zionism #israel #genocide #philosophy #EladLapidot #conversation #JewishCurrents

When Jewishness Means Genocide

Philosopher Elad Lapidot discusses how our understanding of antisemitism changes in an era in which Jews and Zionism have been conflated.

Jewish Currents

One of the reasons it's so hard to change is because so much of what we "know" is tacit. Conversation and storytelling can help.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/facilitating-change/2013/08/two-ways-to-handle-a-major-obstacle-to-change

#FacilitatingChange #tools #conversation #StoryTelling #knowledge #explicit #tacit

Most conversations don’t fail because you explain poorly.

They fail because they can’t support what you’re saying.
#friends #conversation #solvingthewrongproblem

More here: https://www.on-a-limb.com/the-problem-isnt-how-you-explain-it/

The Problem Isn’t How You Explain It

They asked; you responded -- and things broke down.

On a Limb with Claudia
【話題作🎧試し聴き】『酒亭DARKNESS』(著・恩田 陸/朗読・滝 知史, 高橋 里枝) by 本の話 ポッドキャスト

話、聞いてもらえます?全国各地の酒場の片隅でふと語られる、ちょっと不思議で不穏な話。酒を片手にした謎解きの果てに見えてくるものとは──。・老舗の居酒屋を譲られた三代目が、二代目から提示された奇妙な条件とは?(「跡継ぎの条件」)・オカルト方面の才能がまったくないい男が、ある飲み屋街で受けた「お告げ」。(「夜のお告げ」)・フェーン現象が起きる時には、戸を開けちゃいけないと祖母が言う。「入ってくるから」(「曇天の店」)著者が全国の居酒屋からインスパイアされた「居酒屋ホラー」13編+α!あらゆるタイプの「怖さ」をお楽しみください。オーディオブック『酒亭DARKNESS』のお求めはこちらから。

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Woke up to some really interesting replies about the Benin Kingdom 👑

I didn’t expect this much engagement 😅
I’ll be going through them today.

One thing I find fascinating is how advanced the art and system of governance was. What stood out to you the most?

#BeninKingdom #Africa #History #Learning #Conversation

A quotation from Kerry Greenwood

   “Conversation is a minefield until you learn the conventions, Jane dear.”
   “I’ll never learn all the rules,” muttered Jane.
   “Yes, you will,” said Phryne. “Then you can bend them.”

Kerry Greenwood (b. 1954) Australian author and lawyer
Phryne Fisher No. 13, The Castlemaine Murders, ch. 4 (2003)

More about this quote: wist.info/greenwood-kerry/8331…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #kerrygreenwood #phrynefisher #missfisher #chitchat #conventions #conversation #courtesy #discussion #etiquette #politeness #rules #socialconventions #conformity #nonconformity #rulebreaking #breaktherules

Greenwood, Kerry - Phryne Fisher No. 13, The Castlemaine Murders, ch. 4 (2003) | WIST Quotations

"Conversation is a minefield until you learn the conventions, Jane dear." "I’ll never learn all the rules," muttered Jane. "Yes, you will," said Phryne. "Then you can bend them."

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【著者が語る】朝井まかてが『豆は煮えたか』で描いた“占ってほしい”気持ちと占者の心…いつの世も悩みはつきまじ! by 本の話 ポッドキャスト

朝井まかてさんの新刊時代小説『豆は煮えたか』が刊行されました。舞台は江戸・深川。手のひらを重ねると少し先の未来が見えるという不思議な力を持つ水茶屋「ささげや」の女主人・お玉が、水茶屋に集ってくる人々と心を重ねていく連作短編集です。今回のポッドキャストには、なんと、朝井さんのご友人で、同じく直木賞作家の大島真寿美さんがスペシャルゲストとして参加。収録前には占いのできる小社社員による手相・タロット鑑定も行い、占いの話題から死生観まで、にぎやかな鼎談となりました!

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ポイズン雷花の哲学その二
「[話しは気になる壱フレーズ聞いて、聞いたつもりになる物では無い。
 最初から最後まできちんと聞く物です。]」

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/naccdeeb95a8a

#poison #philosophy #conversation #hear #catches #eye #listen #carefully #end #cool #answer #question #happen #fact #simple #understand #incorrect #perception #information #time #situation #given #different #fake #disaster

ポイズン雷花の哲学その二|ポイズン雷花

「[話しは気になる壱フレーズ聞いて、聞いたつもりになる物では無い。  最初から最後まできちんと聞く物です。]」 「[文書は格好良い一節読んで、読んだつもりになる物では無い。  最初から最後まできちんと読む物です。]」 妾の問いに答えよう。 汝、何故一人歩きと云う物が発生するか知っておるか? 答えは決して難しくない、むしろ、いたって簡単。聞かない、読まない、そのつもりになるだけ。 要するに理解してないがその自覚が無く、誤った認識、情報を拡散するからだ。「つもり」と云う物はそれだけ恐ろしい物だ。 時と場合によって、付く名前が違って来る、「早とちり」、「フェイク」、「誤解」、「ボケ」、等。

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Poison_Raika's Philosophy Party 2
"[A conversation is not something you hear one phrase that catches your eye and think you've heard it.
You should listen carefully from beginning to end.]"

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/n981bfd809f5c

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#poison #philosophy #conversation #hear #catches #eye #listen #carefully #end #cool #answer #question #happen #fact #simple #understand #incorrect #perception #information #time #situation #given #different #fake #disaster

Poison_Raika's Philosophy Party 2|ポイズン雷花

"[A conversation is not something you hear one phrase that catches your eye and think you've heard it. You should listen carefully from beginning to end.]" "[A document is not something you read one cool passage and think you've read it. You should read it carefully from beginning to end.]" I w

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