"Gullibility, carelessness and closed-mindedness are examples of what the US philosopher Linda Zagzebski, in her book Virtues of the Mind
(1996), has called ‘intellectual vices’. Others include negligence,
idleness, rigidity, obtuseness, prejudice, lack of thoroughness, and
insensitivity to detail. Intellectual character traits are habits or
styles of thinking."
2020/07/18
2020/07/17
2020/07/16
Scary Reminder
Just as a reminder - if the service is free, you are the product.
Also of note - based on the rabbit hole I went down based on the article link above I now have a new book added to my ever growing list...
Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance
By Julia Angwin
2020/07/14
75 Years of American Finance: A Graphic Presentation 1861-1935
This is too cool not to share. An historical accounting of American capitalism's progress and failures
2020/07/08
Taxi
I've become addicted to watching old episodes of 'Taxi' on Hulu.
Here's the original 'New York' magazine article that inspired the show
https://nymag.com/news/features/50177/
Still on Facebook?
Just checking in.
Yep.
Still glad I canceled all social media.
"...It revealed
that executive decisions by the company caused “significant setbacks
for civil rights” and that the site could become an “echo chamber” of
extremism if it doesn’t take stronger measures. “The company must
recognize that failure to do so can have dangerous (and
life-threatening) real-world consequences,” the report states."
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