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@IchimusaiSWE Yes! I haven’t read it but will add it to my list.
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Why are we more worried about a single Russian-authored app than we are about Facebook?
wired.com/story/faceapp-…
Reading Behave now. By neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky.
Promising intro explaining problems of categorization in diagnosis and evaluation. With takedowns of Nobel laureates Egaz Moniz (developed frontal lobotomies) and Konrad Lorenz (animal behaviorist and member of the Office of Race Policy in the Nazi party).
"They helped shape who and how we educate and our views on what social ills are fixable and when we shouldn't bother. They enabled the destruction of the brains of people against their will. And they helped implement final solutions for problems that didn't exist."
Finally a book that problematizes human behavior a bit more than describing a habit loop. 👏
Terms like aggression, compassion, sympathy, competition, cooperation, revenge, violence, reciprocity can all mean different things to scientists living inside different disciplines.
It’s weird how many neuroscience books I read that mention the activities attributed to the left and right parts of the brain, often with an image, and then clarify it’s not really true. That’s not how you kill a myth. 🤔
«The snippets have allegedly included “countless instances” of discussions between doctors and patients, sexual encounters, business deals, and criminal activities such as drug deals, accompanied by the user’s location, contact details, and app data.» venturebeat.com/2019/07/26/app…
Imagine inventing an unscientific system of categorizing people into colors so that when you criticize its validity people say "Oh that's just because you're blue."
There's no way to win, is there...
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@amrancz Agree, that’s why I worded the question with ”feel like”. It’s not data I can really use for anything of course, but enforces my thinking that we are doing something wrong, or being subjected to something wrong, and people are willing to be open about it. I want to learn more.
↪ Replying to @tsvenson
@tsvenson I appreciate the idea of helping others as a way of helping yourself. Thank you for sharing!
Here @acuiy_design is introducing the concept of Depth in thresholds as a way to talk about friction that may help overcome implicit biases, and how the shortest route to task completion is not always preferred. I, of course, really like this.
link.medium.com/ys7ZlKruGY
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@tsvenson Sounds hopeful it’s moving in the right direction. Are you doing something different?
Honestly, pretty much what I expected from my poll ”Do you feel like you get enough sleep?”
Yes 33 %
No 53 %
I don’t know 14%
64 votes
Declaring next week (Jul 28-Aug 4) a #TrumpFreeWeek. Have blocked him, will not mention him, will not read about him, will not retweet mentions of him, will ignore screenshots of his statements.
Feel free to join me.
↪ Replying to @unknown
@Acuity_Design Nice. Friction is my tool of choice, as you know. :) Depth of threshold is a neat way of looking at it.
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@Acuity_Design Wow, that is surprising. As the Vox article mentions it also receives no scrutiny from Malcolm Gladwell (Blink). Not as surprising, but dangerous. The lack of connection to actual behavior is what what gets me worried about its supposed message.
@Acuity_Design And of course, the irony in all the bias required to set up the test and draw these conclusions from it...
There is a study making the rounds around implicit bias and prejudice. (Steven Pinker recently posted on it.) Be advised that single studies are not considered compelling evidence in psychology.
qz.com/1144504/the-wo…
The IAT can’t really do what it’s supposed to: predict your bias.
This is unlikely a tool for understanding or fighting prejudice.
vox.com/identities/201…
« Suddenly, the question — “Where in the decision loop does the human belong?” — becomes a deadly serious one.» x.com/lizjosullivan/…
Thankful for the little window my iPad provides for viewing pieces of the whole world before bedtime. But most of all I’m thankful to you all for engaging here. You’re the best. Good night.
Gotta love efforts to reduce bias in everyday work. x.com/kalamuna/statu…
”The results suggest that people perceive robots with anthropomorphic features to have a race, and therefore, the same race-related prejudices that humans experience extend to robots, too.”
Humans are broken. As creators we need to decide if we feed the brokenness or fight it. x.com/projectinclude…
↪ Replying to @anymalooney
@anymalooney I believe guidelines are only guidelines. They’re there to help you think before jumping to conclusions, but they are not rigid. We are all different.