Dezember 2014 Archiv

Failbook.

Algorithms are essentially thoughtless. They model certain decision flows, but once you run them, no more thought occurs. To call a person “thoughtless” is usually considered a slight, or an outright insult; and yet, we unleash so many literally thoughtless processes on our users, on our lives, on ourselves.

Eric: Inadvertent Algorithmic Cruelty

Brutationalization.

An abuser almost never does anything that he himself considers morally unacceptable. [...] In short, an abuser’s core problem is that he has a distorted sense of right and wrong.

Lundy Bancroft: Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men.

Too much money?

Galtung-Institut für Friedenstheorie und Friedenspraxis

Werkstatt für Aktionen und Alternativen

Wikipedia (Wikimedia Deutschland)

Home Power.

Zuhause ist wo du keinen Adapter für die Steckdosen brauchst.

Ego Leonard.

Thank you, Internet, for letting me know about stuff.