AlexMitterleThe beauty of #mastodon? Sociologists I haven‘t heard about, with really interesting research start following me, and I am tempted to join so many interesting discussions. Whilr on #twitter, well, I mostly advertise stuff or do word jokes. It feels like professionalization… #sociodon #sociology
Anna Kosmützky@AlexMitterle let’s start a discussion on competition in science and He here!
Alex Mitterle@kosmuetzky @AlexMitterle sounds good!
Frank Meier
@immersender @AlexMitterle I guess it would be worthwhile to discuss about what a ‚fair competition‘ might be. Here it sounds like a pure euphemism
@kosmuetzky @AlexMitterle Come on, work your method magic. What do we learn here about Biden's (social media person's) conception of fair competition?
@immersender @kosmuetzky it goes in th schumpeterian/ Callonian direction: fair competition is if you are so innovative you have singularized your product in such a way that there are no competitors for the time being (and you make so much money you can decently pay your employees). #multiplecompetition
@immersender @kosmuetzky I however have some questions about the „heart“ of capitalism…
@AlexMitterle @kosmuetzky As I read it, competition is what keeps capitalism dynamic, what drives the ongoing process of improvement. It is not just the core but the engine.
@immersender @AlexMitterle Good points. On my mind also the set up or organization of competition as in this popular cartoon.
@kosmuetzky @AlexMitterle Yes. But that is obviously not the idea of fairness evoked in the tweet.
@immersender @AlexMitterle are you sure?
@kosmuetzky @AlexMitterle Well, I can tell you how I read the tweet and you can tell me why I'm wrong.
@kosmuetzky @AlexMitterle Look at the second sentence. Perhaps I don't get "win your business" correctly. And I know, you are already looking for more exciting post-triadic shores.
But, I understand that the reader is addressed as Tertius. And competition is fair as long as "corporations" are courting Tertius by improving their performances. So it is not about what is fair for one competitor relative to another. The question is what is fair for Tertius.
But, I understand that the reader is addressed as Tertius. And competition is fair as long as "corporations" are courting Tertius by improving their performances. So it is not about what is fair for one competitor relative to another. The question is what is fair for Tertius.
@immersender @kosmuetzky yeah, that‘s the point (your business) I don‘t fully understand in the tweet. In which context was it tweeted?
@AlexMitterle @immersender me neither.
@kosmuetzky @AlexMitterle Ah, good point. Looked at it as an isolated tweet. But it isn't. Part of a series of tweets on the occasion of "Small Business Saturday", apparently.
@immersender @AlexMitterle would be interested to read the whole thing
@kosmuetzky @AlexMitterle Easy to find on the birdsite.
@immersender @AlexMitterle thanks, read the whole thing, indeed it might be Tertius business here
Julian Hamann@kosmuetzky @immersender @AlexMitterle
I also find it interesting that Biden is courting for the favor of the voters, and his bid is to "make [...] capitalism work for everyone".
However, his bid in this competition can only be successful if companies "up their game", otherwise capitalism is not fair and doesn't work (which is what Biden promises).
So Biden's win relies on companies winning small businesses in the first place.
Some intricate multiplicity Biden has entangled himself in here.
@JulianHamann1 @kosmuetzky @immersender I think it really is a statement for market regulation to assure „fair competition“ towards SMEs but I don‘t know whether there are any policies on the line to back this up.
@AlexMitterle @JulianHamann1 @immersender makes sense and adresses voters who found SMEs (who he adresses earlier). It is an interesting piece, you find actually similar material in the German Higher Ed and Science Policy Discourse and also the attempt to create and more competitions/ contest so everyone can compete and and everyone can win somewhere
@kosmuetzky @JulianHamann1 @immersender yes, I recently wrote a chapter on the history of entrepreneurship education in Germany. A lot of it came via the EU competition policy into science policy in the 1990s.