Defective Altruism ❧ Current Affairs
currentaffairs.org/2022/09/defective-altruism/<p>Socialism is the most effective altruism. Who needs anything else? The repugnant philosophy of “Effective Altruism” offers nothing to movements for global justice. </p>
We don’t have a hundred biases, we have the wrong model
worksinprogress.co/issue/biases-the-wrong-model/Behavioral economics has identified dozens of cognitive biases that stop us from acting 'rationally'. But instead of building up a messier and messier picture of human behavior, we need a new model.
Deep Learning and Human Disposability
logicmag.io/home/deep-learning-and-human-disposability/Toward an anti-fascist AI.
Nadia Asparouhova | Shamelessness as a strategy
nadia.xyz/shamelessPersonal writing, links, and other things by Nadia Asparouhova.
We’re Not Going Back to the Time Before Roe. We’re Going Somewhere Worse
newyorker.com/magazine/2022/07/04/we-are-not-going-back-to-the-time-before-roe-we-are-going-somewhere-worseWe are entering an era not just of unsafe abortions but of the widespread criminalization of pregnancy.
The Ticking Bomb of Crypto Fascism - In These Times
inthesetimes.com/article/the-ticking-bomb-of-crypto-fascismThe crypto market's inevitable crash will pull America's politics in an even scarier direction.
Blanked verse: the power of erasure poetry
theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/12/blanked-verse-the-power-of-erasure-poetryPoets have been constructing new work by selectively redacting others’ texts for decades, but Instagram and our political moment have spotlit this startling technique
The Methods of Moral Panic Journalism - by Michael Hobbes - Confirm My Choices
michaelhobbes.substack.com/p/moral-panic-journalismScare stories on "left-wing illiberalism" display a familiar pattern.
Boris Johnson Knows Exactly What He’s Doing - The Atlantic
theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/boris-johnson-minister-of-chaos/619010/(Several of Johnson’s advisers agreed to be candid in exchange for anonymity.) In an early phone call with Joe Biden, an aide told me, Johnson said he disliked the phrase special relationship after the president used it. To Johnson it seemed needy and weak.
Is This a Coup? Introducing The Counter - Insight
zeynep.substack.com/p/is-this-a-coup-introducing-the-counterWe didn’t lose these state races because of gerrymandering, or lack of money, or any kind of Republican tampering with the electoral process. Our failure was political, and all the more inexcusable because it took place in a year when the opposing party had failed at governing so badly that it had racked up a body count. And still we couldn’t make the case.
Brexit stems from a civil war in capitalism – we are all just collateral damage | Brexit | The Guardian
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/24/brexit-capitalismTo one sort of capitalist, the insecurity and chaos that Brexit will bring is horrifying. To the other, it is highly profitable
Trump Is Trying to Overturn the Election, but I’m Not Panicking—Yet | The Nation
thenation.com/article/politics/biden-victory-trump-lawsuit/All the reasons I think the Trump-GOP gambit to deny Biden’s victory will not change the fact that he will become president on January 20.
Inside Foxconn’s empty buildings, empty factories, and empty promises in Wisconsin
theverge.com/21507966/foxconn-empty-factories-wisconsin-jobs-loophole-trumpIn 2017, then-Governor Scott Walker and President Trump announced a historic deal with Foxconn to bring manufacturing jobs to Wisconsin. But none of the jobs, buildings, or promises have been fulfilled—and look like they never will. The Verge’s Josh Dzieza investigates two years of what happened behind the scenes at Foxconn in Wisconsin.
Social Cooling - Big Data's unintended side effect
socialcooling.com/Social Cooling: is big data making us more well behaved.. but less human?
The Anti-Capitalist Software License
anticapitalist.software/A software license towards a world beyond capitalism.
Noam Chomsky wants you to vote for Joe Biden and then haunt his dreams - The.Ink
the.ink/p/noam-chomsky-wants-you-to-vote-forThe lion of the left on the pandemic, the election, the word Bernie Sanders needs to stop using, the Harper's letter, the 1619 Project, patriotism, and the greatest social movement in U.S. history