Doc Edward Morbius ❌​Feb 7, 2020

#Risk is a #Latent Function in the #RobertKMerton sense.

It's further tied to #FireSector, #Cassandra complex (and #BoyWhoCriedWolf and #ChickenLittle), and #Advertising (and #OnlineAdvertising and #AdTech).

Sorry, a lot there, and I'll try to unpack.

See earlier on #manifestation :

https://mastodon.cloud/@dredmorbius/103505217005195425

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Doc Edward Morbius ⭕ (@dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud)

On Surveillance Capitalism, Manifestation, Latency, Tangibility, and Cognizability > It is precisely the latent functions of a practice or belief which are not common knowlege, for these are unintended and generally unrecognized social and psychological consequences. Also: #surveillanceCapitalism #FacialRecognition #LocationData and #NicholasCage https://joindiaspora.com/posts/17007620 #manifestation #RobertKMerton

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5. Risk and unintended consequences also tie the notions of #IndustrySectors (SIC / NAICS, etc.), and my #TechOntology, further together. That is, the ontology suggests much of the high-level industrial classification, with FIRE corresponding to information, management, and control, with their bearing on risk.

#HygieneFactors are the 9th category I'd identified (the last, as it happens -- the least obvious), a/k/a, least manifest, most latent), and concern emergent risks and mitigation.

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Show threadpizza_palFeb 7, 2020
@dredmorbius EPA regulations like parts of Clean Air Act are often directly tied to certain NAICS codes.
Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ❌​Feb 7, 2020

@pizza_pal Right, though there's a lot more there.

There've been numerous notions of high-level aggregation of economic activity, into generally 3-5 tiers.

VERY Loosely: sourcing, making, moving, risk, and management/info

See:
https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/74dm5o/seeking_research_on_inclusive_measures_of/

Seeking Research on Inclusive Measures of Economic Impact by Industrial Sector -- SIC, NAICS, ISIC or similar classifications

The question I'm pursuing is whether or not it's possible to come up with a general assessment of the net economic good or impact of various...

Show threadpizza_palFeb 7, 2020
@dredmorbius Interesting! I have lately been keen on learning more about pre- and/or proto-digital methods of information management.
Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ❌​Feb 7, 2020

@pizza_pal Let me know what your interests are / what you've found.

The History of Information website is excellent: https://www.historyofinformation.com

I'd also recommend James Beniger's "The Control Revolution" (http://www.worldcat.org/title/control-revolution-technological-and-economic-origins-of-the-information-society/oclc/895626594) and JoAnne Yates (several works), including the humber office memo:
http://www.ismlab.usf.edu/dcom/Ch6_YatesMemoMgtCommQtly1989.pdf

History of Information

An interactive, illustrated timeline of historic moments in humankind's quest for information. With annotations by Jeremy Norman.

Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ❌​Feb 7, 2020

@pizza_pal Library science, ontology, the encyclopaedists, index cards, Carl Linnaeus, Roger Bacon, and others are also interesting leads.

Then the whole development of punched cards and their evolution from weaving to data storage.