tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post4605134263622268283..comments2023-10-30T11:57:26.749+01:00Comments on SCREENVILLE: Voluntary Engineered ApathyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-37872344687550445942012-02-09T11:23:51.966+01:002012-02-09T11:23:51.966+01:00"[..] Tout individu naît dans une communauté ..."[..] Tout individu naît dans une communauté qui va lui transmettre un ensemble de valeurs qu’il n’aura pas choisies. Quand on met dans la tête d’une personne dès son jeune âge que faire ou penser telle chose « c’est très bien » ou au contraire que « c’est un grave péché », elle le croira avant même d’avoir pu « se faire sa propre idée ». Il se peut qu’elle reste toute sa vie avec cette idéeHarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-70841861350818304752011-12-14T18:13:02.201+01:002011-12-14T18:13:02.201+01:00"Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a c..."Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied."<br /><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html" rel="nofollow">Barry Schwartz on the paradox of choice</a> (TED talk; Jul 2005)HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-58861069653247718242011-07-21T19:09:52.229+02:002011-07-21T19:09:52.229+02:00Netflix's Pragmatic Chaos algorithm (Spet 2009...<a href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/09/bellkors-pragmatic-chaos-wins-1-million-netflix-prize/" rel="nofollow">Netflix's Pragmatic Chaos algorithm</a> (Spet 2009)<br /><br /><a href="http://futureperfectpublishing.com/2009/04/03/books-by-number-super-crunching-to-find-profitable-titles/" rel="nofollow">Super Crunchers: Why Thinking by Numbers is the New Way to be Smart</a> By Ian HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-50362388617582287622011-07-21T18:55:12.485+02:002011-07-21T18:55:12.485+02:00"
Kevin Slavin argues that we're living i..."<br />Kevin Slavin argues that we're living in a world designed for -- and increasingly controlled by -- algorithms. In this riveting talk from TEDGlobal, he shows how these complex computer programs determine: espionage tactics, stock prices, movie scripts, and architecture. And he warns that we are writing code we can't understand, with implications we can't control."<br HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-72020774051416315152011-07-14T13:56:15.146+02:002011-07-14T13:56:15.146+02:00"In this powerful talk from TEDGlobal, Rebecc..."In this powerful talk from TEDGlobal, Rebecca MacKinnon describes the expanding struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace, and asks: How do we design the next phase of the Internet with accountability and freedom at its core, rather than control? She believes the internet is headed for a "Magna Carta" moment when citizens around the world demand that their governments protectHarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-17700504220318575922011-06-05T01:40:13.924+02:002011-06-05T01:40:13.924+02:00Eating Your Cultural Vegetables By Dan Kois (NYT, ...<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/magazine/mag-01Riff-t.html" rel="nofollow">Eating Your Cultural Vegetables</a> By Dan Kois (NYT, 29 April 2011)<br /><br />* * *<br /><br />Manohla Dargis: "What is boring? This question was inspired by a piece in the May 1 edition of The New York Times Magazine by Dan Kois that offered a cheerful conformist’s take on what in certain circles is HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.com