Jaime Henriquez, Ph.D.

@GiantGroundSloth
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Teacher, writer, interdisciplinary scholar, “big picture" person. Tech/Humanities.

A cynical optimist and student of the “No Stop Signs” intersection of technology and human nature.

I like to think about something interesting, then ponder and research until I think I understand it as much as I want to. Then go tell someone, or sit here stalling and fine-tuning. :/

I love playing with language; it's a technology like politics, computers, MMOs, Pa Kua, logic - most any tool.

Cheers!

Show threadJaime Henriquez, Ph.D.Jul 9, 2024

Dear @dangillmor, someone (possibly you) alerted people to the purchase of NYT by someone of wealth and conservative leanings a while back. I would see the "Foxification" as a logical consequence. Kudos for calling it out. Thank you. - Jaime

I would have posted this to your site but declined for the same reason stated in my Wars and Peas response.
- Jaime

Jaime Henriquez, Ph.D.Jul 9, 2024

I'm just encountering "Who to follow" here on Mastodon, and I thought I had a innate sense of what the typology[?] was, but getting a "personalized suggestion" from the European Commission is beyond me.

Jaime

Show threadJaime Henriquez, Ph.D.Jul 9, 2024

Dear @warandpeas,

I wrote the following at your website when responding to this excellent piece.

"Well said! Thank you for doing this and sharing it with others.
- Jaime Henriquez

Hmm ... I would have preferred to know about the informational requirements Before writing this response. Maybe it will go into some kind of buffer and be read one day. - J"

Jaime Henriquez, Ph.D.Jul 9, 2024
War and Peas 🧿Jul 9, 2024

Another AI Company Wrote Us and Here’s Our Response

https://warandpeas.substack.com/p/another-ai-company-wrote-us-and-heres

Another AI Company Wrote Us and Here’s Our Response

Why the current hype around AI is a slap in the face for creatives.

War and Peas
Jaime Henriquez, Ph.D.Jul 8, 2024
Show threadDjembro, RO, supports 🇺🇦🇬🇪Jul 8, 2024

@dangillmor
Rebecca Solnit’s piece in Saturday’s Guardian:

“[The MSM] have become a stampeding herd producing an avalanche of stories suggesting Biden is unfit, [...] They do this while ignoring something every scholar and critic of journalism knows well and every journalist should. As Nikole Hannah-Jones put it: ‘As media we consistently proclaim that we are just reporting the news when in fact we are driving it. What we cover, how we cover it, determines often what Americans think is important and how they perceive these issues yet we keep pretending it’s not so.’ They are not reporting that he is a loser; they are making him one.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/06/biden-trump-race-rebecca-solnit

Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race?

Yes, Biden had a bad debate – but so did Trump. The media is once again repeating the mistakes of 2016

The Guardian
Show threadJaime Henriquez, Ph.D.Jul 4, 2024

@MissingThePt Cute. Very nice.

Would it be cuter if it wasn't true? I'm not sure. - Jaime

Jaime Henriquez, Ph.D.May 2, 2024

Dear @rbreich,

I am enjoying your videos on economic issues, particularly on monopolistic pricing. Thank you, sir.

Something that has long puzzled me is what seems like a simple question but probably isn't. How many competitors does it take to make a "free" market? One is clearly insufficient, four apparently not enough in the food "market" so, is there a magic number or range that non-economists (or regulators) can use as a rule of thumb?

Best regards, and thanks for reading - Jaime

Show threadJaime Henriquez, Ph.D.Apr 8, 2024

@rbreich

Well said, sir. :)

A subset of "Whatever Trump says today, there's a high probability it's a lie."

Jaime

Show threadJaime Henriquez, Ph.D.Mar 19, 2024
@georgetakei Great question.
If you're desperate enough to do that you're probably very hungry. I believe hunger makes food taste better.
Show threadJaime Henriquez, Ph.D.Mar 3, 2024

@natematias

OK, it's clear to me, and you, that I do not know how to put something this long onto Mastodon in a way that is convenient for readers. Any pointers would be much appreciated. - Jaime