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Joined 5 years ago
I do think about how photography’s claim to authority - its claim to represent some objective reality we all live in - is being questioned by the prevalence of filters and photoshop on social media.
It is not that social media is a digital reflection of the physical world, but more of an alternate reality in which we all have digital avatars that may or may not correspond to a physical self.
What do you mean when you say words are disentangled, standalone concepts? I see words as being very much related to each other.
I assume I may be misinterpreting what you mean by "disentangled, standalone concepts”.
Barbara Tversky's research seems to contradict linguistic relativism. I definitely don’t think language is the foundation of cognition.
Consider reading Manufacturing Consent:
I just read a great book - Teaching Community, by bell hooks - which helped me understand why my college education was of such poor quality.
1. People who can’t afford housing can’t pay corporations.
2. I’m not sure what you mean.
3. Inequality makes the billionaires who own high-tech companies even wealthier. I think inequality is very acceptable to them.
4. I’m not sure what you mean.
5. Bullshit jobs make corporations a lot of money.