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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If any of this sounds familiar, particularly to anyone in #sociology or #economics , and you can think of relevant references I might care to look at, I'd appreciate it.

Boosts / broader distribution appreciated.

I'm searching through lit, but don't even know what keywords or terms I might want to use here.

RKM has passed, though his son, Robert C. Merton, might be able to help (he's a Nobel laureate economist himself).

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Feb 7, 2020 at 1:54amWeb