#Phenomenon

Malcolm Murdock

sigmoidneuron

There's a phenomenon in AI culture and media that once AI succeeds at something, it's no longer AI. This is known as "The AI Effect."As Doug Hofstadter put it: "AI

Dr Laura McAtackney

LMcAtackney

And so the centenary of partition begins(ish) and with it some (hopefully) nuanced discussions about how it unfolded, had real and imagined impacts (+ and -) and how Brexit has

DMC

AssetReset

I have seen so many $BTC “the top” calls on Fintwit. These top callers have also been calling equity market tops and SPAC tops. Now, their battle cry is “you

Ash Milton

miltonwrites

Been thinking about the phenomenon of modern confessional states giving way to collapse of religious belief.I suspect the answer might be in the nature of the modern state, and how

Matt Carr

MattCarr55

I really can’t see how, after the last four and half years, the breakup of the UK can be avoided. What a historical irony that a Brexit intended to make

Dr. Indu Viswanathan

indumathi37

I once found myself in conversation with a dude who called himself Indian American and Hindu. He was one of those MBA-types. (Hazards of living in New York.) When he

Brian Libby

brianlibby

I'm starting to feel like a lot of left-leaning Portlanders have gone a bit crazy over the boarded-up buildings and graffiti downtown. It's an overwhelmingly Covid-generated phenomenon, yet there is

Geoff Shullenberger

daily_barbarian

Veblen goods are objects of conspicuous consumption, which contrary to normal goods,appeal to buyers because of their expense and inconvenience. “Ideological Veblen goods,” I propose, are views similarly adopted because

Zack Ford

ZackFord

Quick thread: I've seen a lot of folks defending Twitter banning Trump to conservatives with the comparison of Christian bakers refusing to sell same-sex couples wedding cakes.While I appreciate the

Matthew Lesh

matthewlesh

“Planning denial” is a fascinating phenomenon.Somehow people think the system — which rules out building in most places and takes an average of five years to approve applications — is

Roary

GrRoary

Gender dysphoria, distressing thoughts and feelings about your sexed body, is a social phenomenon just like other experiences of mental distress - depression, anorexia, anxiety etc. It does not have

Anamika

OnlyAnamika

Thread:I’m generally not the kind to remember celebrities on their birthdays but since I’m in a pop culture mood these days, let me talk about the phenomenon of Mr. SRK.

Pulp Librarian

PulpLibrarian

Today in pulp... "Breaker one-nine for a copy. You got your ears on?" Ah the halcyon days of CB radio!And let's look back at one phenomenon that swept the CB

Unite in justice for the poor & oppressed

BreeNewsome

There were no Christmas lights, Santas, pine trees or toys at the first Christmas. There was only Jesus, born in a manger in a foreign land b/c his parents were

Christopher Lasch's Angry Ghost

ghostofchristo1

There is a weird disjunction between the radical liberal/“left” moral panic over slurs in 2019/20 vs. rad-libs’ and “leftists”’ willingness to use those same slurs to denigrate minorities who step

Dr Laura Cahillane

LaurCah

On judicial apmts reform - @SenatorMcDowell has done a lot of damage on this convincing people that the system is fit for purpose. There are endemic problems with the current

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