César Astudillo

@cesarastudillo
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Ante la duda, la opción del amor.

Mañana estaré por aquí en Madrid, para discutir sobre si imaginarios o algo más para tratar la policrisis actual. Por si a alguien le encaja y apetece :)

#economistassinfronteras #imaginación #imaginarios

I’m realizing that growing up as a wired magazine-reading cyberpunk believer— a kid who thought adbusters and the internet could save the world— and then watching as every technological miracle was turned not towards revolution or saving humanity but instead more pernicious and intractable methods of exploitation has made me uncomfortable with technological optimism. “assume all new technology will be used against you” —

“There is nothing quite so tragic as a young cynic, because it means the person has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.”

On Maya Angelou's birthday, her immortal wisdom on courage and facing evil https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/08/19/maya-angelou-bill-moyers-facing-evil/

Maya Angelou on Courage and Facing Evil

“There is nothing quite so tragic as a young cynic, because it means the person has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.”

The Marginalian

Yes, we need regulation. But as we said:

"It is indeed time to act: but the focus of our concern should not be imaginary "powerful digital minds." Instead, we should focus on the very real and very present exploitative practices of the companies claiming to build them, who are rapidly centralizing power and increasing social inequities."

https://www.dair-institute.org/blog/letter-statement-March2023

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I have to say, I can really relate to the latest episode of the Mandalorian — it’s a pain when a really productive city planning meeting is interrupted by space pirates.

#StarWars #TheMandalorian #cities #urbanism

Nuestra amada internet... aquella inmensa biblioteca aún viviendo en el estómago de ese gigantesco centro comercial que mientras hablamos esta siendo lentamente digerido por esta omnipotente macrogranja.
(Quede constancia de que Lis ha contestado por extenso y de forma excelente en Telegram)
Lis ¿qué opinas de esto? ¿En qué ocasiones lo has visto mal utilizado para que tengas mala opinión de este recurso?
...sino que tienes que conseguir algo bastante más difícil que es construir todo el andamiaje cognitivo para que la persona cuya posición quieres cambiar, cambie no solo su propia letanía, ni siquiera su explicación sistémica, sino los mitos o metáforas (o marcos al estilo Lakoff, si quieres) con los que simplifica el procesamiento cognitivo de asuntos complejos.