"In my short play, I focus on the psychological reasons that lead to the creation of walled communities and the effects they cause on the communities. I especially tried to convey an idea that the original article did not elaborate on: although the fortified enclaves are segregated from the lower-class communities, their operation and function … Continue reading Morumbi and Paraisópolis: A Four-Act Play
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Calling Bullshit
"Our learning objectives are straightforward. After taking the course, you should be able to:* Remain vigilant for bullshit contaminating your information diet.* Recognize said bullshit whenever and wherever you encounter it.* Figure out for yourself precisely why a particular bit of bullshit is bullshit.* Provide a statistician or fellow scientist with a technical explanation of … Continue reading Calling Bullshit
Predatory Precarity
"Reforming government contracting, controlling medical costs, breaking up big-tech, opening the professions to international competition, these sound technocratic, even “pro-market”. But under present levels of stratification, the consequences of these things would be a revolution, whole swathes of society accustomed to status and political enfranchisement would find themselves banished towards a “normal” they used to … Continue reading Predatory Precarity
Identity & Unspoken Privileges
Privilege is frequently discussed in term of race, gender and sexual orientation. If you are white, male and heterosexual, you are one of the most privileged members of society, according to most frameworks of privilege. Intersectionality is certainly a useful way of looking at societal systems of oppression and an aid in offering critiques of … Continue reading Identity & Unspoken Privileges
The Difference Between Being Broke and Being Poor
"Everyone I've ever talked to who has been poor and who isn't anymore has the same story of the moment they realized they were no longer poor: grocery shopping. Mine came when I was loading my groceries onto the cashier belt and realized I hadn't done the math." —Erynn Brook with illustrations by Emily Flake. … Continue reading The Difference Between Being Broke and Being Poor
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