Estelle Platini12h ago

‘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

From Uber ratings to credit scores: What’s lost in a society that counts and sorts everything? - Berkeley News

In her book, UC Berkeley sociology professor Marion Fourcade investigates what our dependence on ratings and rankings means for the future of individuality and society.

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WIST Quotations1d ago

A quotation from Montaigne

I gladly return to the subject of the ineptitude of our education. Its goal has been to make us not good or wise, but learned; it has attained this goal. It has not taught us to follow and embrace virtue and wisdom, but has imprinted in us their derivation and etymology. We know how to decline virtue, if we cannot love it. If we do not know what wisdom is by practice and experience, we know it by jargon and by rote.
 
[Je retombe volontiers sur ce discours de l’ineptie de nostre institution : Elle a eu pour sa fin, de nous faire, non bons & sages, mais sçavans : elle y est arrivée. Elle ne nous a pas appris de suyvre & embrasser la vertu & la prudence : mais elle nous en a imprimé la derivation & l’etymologie. Nous sçavons decliner vertu, si nous ne sçavons l’aymer. Si nous ne sçavons que c’est que prudence par effect, & par experience, nous le sçavons par jargon & par cœur.]

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essay (1578), “Of Presumption [De la Presomption], Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17) (1595) [tr. Frame (1943)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

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Show threadEstelle Platini1d ago

a few notes on a Linda Rising's talk

"Realize up front that this is hard".

Cognitive dissonance: contradictory "evidence" causes severe cognitive discomfort.

* We are not rational decision-makers
* but we are good at explaining after-the-fact why we made a decision – a pattern called rationalization.

Two thirds of people will not consider an idea until "somebody they know pretty well, is doing it, is happy with it, talks about it […] so maybe i might think about it".
To convince,
* you must address: "What's in it for me?" – requires empathy;
* you can use the values of your opponent. (Loyalty or fairness?)

A pattern of personal touch: walk a mile in the other's shoes
Another pattern: "Give it a try"
Another pattern: listen
Another pattern: ask for something personal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrCD1wmK9oM via @matthew

#conversations #memory #neuroscience #campaigning #narratives #storyTelling #morality #socialPsych #socialPsychology #facilitation #rationalization #values #influence #LindaRising #morals #principles

Meeting Resistance & Moving Forward • Linda Rising • GOTO 2017

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WIST Quotations2d ago

A quotation from Emerson

Every man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he do not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well. He has changed his market cart for a chariot of the sun.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1860), “Worship,” The Conduct of Life, ch. 6

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #emerson #cheating #fairness #goldenrule #honesty #loveyourneighbor #morality #virtue

Marc W. 2d ago

#Christians tell us that the #EndTimes are near, and one of the signs is the rampant immorality we see...but is it true?

The illusion of moral decline

"𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 #𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯, 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06137-x

#atheism

The illusion of moral decline - Nature

We show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced, and suggest that this illusion has implications for research on the misallocation of scarce resources, the underuse of social support and social influence.

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Dave Rahardja2d ago

Carole Cadwalladr speaks truth to power.

Every one of my friends and colleagues in Silicon Valley should spend the 18 minutes to watch this incredible talk, and then have a good long think. Ask yourself: what is YOUR part in this story?

#morality #kakistocracy #coup #tyranny #oligarchy #SiliconValley #broligarchy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOoT8AbkNE

This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED

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CITO Greenhouse2d ago

The Morality Compass: Guiding Choices in Our Emotional Landscape

#EmotionRegulation #MentalHealth #Mindfulness #CognitiveBehavioralTherapy #EmotionalWellbeing #PsychoPharmaceuticals #SocialCognitiveExcellence #EmotionalIntelligence #MindfulLiving #MentalWellness #Therapy #Feelings #Morality #SelfDiscovery #EmbraceTheJourney

https://youtube.com/shorts/xys7yoS-gig?feature=share

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Buddhism On the Go4d ago
Wild Artisan Dialectics: A Living Hermeneutic, Dialectic, and Ethical Praxis (Generated) Wild Artisan Dialectics emerges as a counterbalance—a living engagement with truth that honors spontaneity, individuality, and untamed wisdom. Rooted in Buddhist thought, this approach weaves hermeneutics, dialectics, and ethics into a path of deep inquiry, refined understanding, and mindful conduct. #Buddhism #Hermeneutics #Dialectics #ethics #Morality
Steve Dallape ☑️ 🌎5d ago
“When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law.” — Frédéric Bastiat
#quotes #law #morality #morals
MindTGap5d ago
It's Insulting to Suggest that you can't be #Moral if you don't Believe in #God | #ChristopherHitchens
#JupitarStar
Apr 12, 2025 #bible #religion #morality
In this unforgettable moment, Christopher Hitchens delivers one of his most powerful and unapologetic arguments against the claim that morality requires belief in God. With his signature wit and razor-sharp intellect, Hitchens dismantles the notion that #atheism and #ethics are incompatible, exposing the arrogance and danger of such thinking. "It's Insulting to Suggest that You Can't Be Moral if You Don't Believe in God"is more than a statement—it's a bold defense of human conscience, reason, and the capacity for goodness without divine command. Watch as Hitchens challenges assumptions and sparks a conversation that’s as relevant today as ever.
Atheism #bible #religion #morality #atheist #christianity #science #debate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T42c633hQ3k
It's Insulting to Suggest that you can't be Moral if you don't Believe in God | Christopher Hitchens

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