The most annoying thing about corporate surveillance to me is the arrogance of the prediction mechanisms.

These algorithms build a model of me based on my clicks from three years ago and then try to trap me in that loop forever. They show me music they think I'll like, and news they think I'll engage with, and videos they think will enrage me enough to keep me hooked to their platforms. They are actively trying to flatten my personality into something easy to monetize.

As most people I've seen say out loud, "Privacy as a concept is way beyond hiding secrets. A part of it also means preserving your capacity to change. To be surprised. To be inconsistent."

If I could tell every human one thing, it would be to actively refuse to be a predictable data point. Mess up their metrics. In whatever way you are capable of.

#socialmedia #algorithmicbias #privacy #dataprivacy #quotes #foss #facebook #linkedin #llm #noai #enshittification #reading #books #baking #art #philosophy #adhd #depression #cybersecurity

The most annoying thing about corporate surveillance to me is the arrogance of the prediction mechanisms.

These algorithms build a model of me based on my clicks from three years ago and then try to trap me in that loop forever. They show me music they think I'll like, and news they think I'll engage with, and videos they think will enrage me enough to keep me hooked to their platforms. They are actively trying to flatten my personality into something easy to monetize.

As most people I've seen say out loud, "Privacy as a concept is way beyond hiding secrets. A part of it also means preserving your capacity to change. To be surprised. To be inconsistent."

If I could tell every human one thing, it would be to actively refuse to be a predictable data point. Mess up their metrics. In whatever way you are capable of.

#socialmedia #algorithmicbias #privacy #dataprivacy #quotes #foss #facebook #linkedin #llm #noai #enshittification #reading #books #baking #art #philosophy #adhd #depression #cybersecurity

RE: https://spore.social/@yoginho/115918117109281530

Yes. Science is a social construct. But even though our knowledge will never be truly objective, or complete, we can still get a good grip on reality.

Science is the best way we've devised so far to get to terms with the large & bewildering world we live in.

It's unlike any other human way to generate knowledge.

But it's also deeply related to how any organism comes to know the world:: by acting on expectations & evaluating the consequence of our actions.

#philosophy #science #perspectivism

The Zen of Reticulum

https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum/blob/master/Zen%20of%20Reticulum.md

#HackerNews #Zen #of #Reticulum #Reticulum #GitHub #Tech #Philosophy #OpenSource

RE: https://social.edu.nl/@Bibliothecaris/115927229658008653

Our colleague Felipe Romero was a guest at Open Science Bites ( @6208798). Learn more about Felipe's work here: https://www.rug.nl/staff/c.f.romero/research

#Science #PhilosophyOfScience #Philosophy #Replication #Reproducibility #OpenScience

RE: https://social.edu.nl/@Bibliothecaris/115927229658008653

Our colleague Felipe Romero was a guest at Open Science Bites ( @6208798). Learn more about Felipe's work here: https://www.rug.nl/staff/c.f.romero/research

#Science #PhilosophyOfScience #Philosophy #Replication #Reproducibility #OpenScience

🎧 New #OpenScience Bites #podcast episode on #reproducibility!

Felipe Romero, #philosopher of #science at @facultyofphilosophygroningen, shares why he thinks reproducibility is undervalued, how reproducibility has advanced in recent years, and what needs to change for reproducibility to become part of everyday #scientific practice.

🔗 https://www.rug.nl/research/openscience/podcast/#Romero

#academicChatter #AcademicMastodon #philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #MetaScience

Why Protests Should Never Be Peaceful A non-violent protest need not be quiet, tame, or even polite, but rather should be disruptive, provocative, and confrontational. #Philosophy #america #democracy #politics #Protest https://www.davidtoddmccarty.com/why-protests-should-never-be-peaceful/

Why Protests Should Never Be Peaceful A non-violent protest need not be quiet, tame, or even polite, but rather should be disruptive, provocative, and confrontational. #Philosophy #america #democracy #politics #Protest https://www.davidtoddmccarty.com/why-protests-should-never-be-peaceful/

I just added this fantastic essay by @catileptic about relationship anarchy to my bookshelf¹.

🔗 https://catileptic.tech/posts/relationship-anarchy-technology/

I'm bad at summarizing, so here's a quote I love:

"The impulse to control others grows when we perceive ourselves to be powerless, threatened, precarious. We might be tempted to exert control directly (over individuals) or we might support state or military control. The paranoia that makes us distrust others and seek to subjugate them is fed by the myth that everyone around seeks to do the same to us. It is nonetheless possible to stop before overflowing from self-protection into dominating others. It takes the awareness to establish when one is safe enough."

Go read the whole thing now!

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¹ https://teunvanson.eu/bookshelf/

#anarchy #RelationshipAnarchy #genAI #philosophy #anarchism

RE: https://spore.social/@yoginho/115918117109281530

Yes. Science is a social construct. But even though our knowledge will never be truly objective, or complete, we can still get a good grip on reality.

Science is the best way we've devised so far to get to terms with the large & bewildering world we live in.

It's unlike any other human way to generate knowledge.

But it's also deeply related to how any organism comes to know the world:: by acting on expectations & evaluating the consequence of our actions.

#philosophy #science #perspectivism

I just added this fantastic essay by @catileptic about relationship anarchy to my bookshelf¹.

🔗 https://catileptic.tech/posts/relationship-anarchy-technology/

I'm bad at summarizing, so here's a quote I love:

"The impulse to control others grows when we perceive ourselves to be powerless, threatened, precarious. We might be tempted to exert control directly (over individuals) or we might support state or military control. The paranoia that makes us distrust others and seek to subjugate them is fed by the myth that everyone around seeks to do the same to us. It is nonetheless possible to stop before overflowing from self-protection into dominating others. It takes the awareness to establish when one is safe enough."

Go read the whole thing now!

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¹ https://teunvanson.eu/bookshelf/

#anarchy #RelationshipAnarchy #genAI #philosophy #anarchism

"Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence." #stoicism #life #philosophy

We have a new preprint out! And one that is especially dear to my heart:

"Re-Engineering Wimsatt for Limited Beings"

https://zenodo.org/records/18293424

Bill Wimsatt is possibly the most underrated philosopher of science of our times. In this paper, I attempt to translate his key ideas into a format that every scientist can understand.

Artwork by Marcus Neustetter.

Reading this paper will change the way you do science, and how you see the world, forever. I promise.

#philosophy #science #perspectivism

"Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence." #stoicism #life #philosophy

"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power." #stoicism #life #philosophy

"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power." #stoicism #life #philosophy

Philosophy literally means “love of wisdom”.

That’s it.

That’s the post.

It’s not my $0.02.

It’s what the fucking word means.

#philosophy #wisdom #WordsMeanThings

might not be everyone's cuppa, but fwiw, i found this interesting.

abc.net.au/listen/programs/phi…

Living and writing through the years before, during and after the Second World War, French author and philosopher Albert Camus witnessed the rise of fascism and its terrible endgame in German National Socialism. Today, amid fears of a neo-fascist resurgence in the USA, his work well is worth revisiting.

This episode was first broadcast on October 5, 2025

Guest: Matthew Sharpe, Lecturer and Researcher in the School of Philosophy, Australian Catholic University Melbourne

#Philosophy #fascism #AlbertCamus #USPol #TuckFrump #FuckRWNJs #magamorons #FuckChristoFascists #FuckAllReligion #OrangeOaf #HeyFascistCatch