"To build a prototype and expose it to critique is to make yourself very vulnerable...But you invite people in because you know that you can’t do the thing you want to do without their honest response......By contrast, Davey worked very hard on restoring that little Norfolk church, but he also sought help of every kind … Continue reading The Invitation to Critique
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Troll Taxonomies
"The internet doesn’t turn people into assholes so much as it acts as a massive megaphone for existing ones, according to work by researchers at Aarhus University.-Tom McCay, "Online Trolls Actually Just Assholes All the Time, Study Finds." Gizmodo. August 27, 2021. I think there is a troll gravity online, where the megaphones of a … Continue reading Troll Taxonomies
Alternate Reality Games
"Role play is contingent on navigating between real and imagined worlds, which affords opportunities for allegorical thinking, exploration of alternate identities and universes, and creative problem solving. But when this boundary collapses, we have what Joseph Laycock calls “corrupted play,” a term that helps explain dark or weaponized ARGs. As he explains in his 2015 … Continue reading Alternate Reality Games
Haters
"...I've been able to observe for long enough that I'm fairly confident the pattern works both ways: not only do people who do great work never become haters, haters never do great work. Although I dislike the word "fanboy," it's evocative of something important about both haters and fanboys. The fanboy is so slavishly predictable … Continue reading Haters
The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián
"Tis better to have a dispute with honourable people than to have a victory over dishonourable ones. You cannot treat with the ruined, for they have no hostages for rectitude. With them there is no true friendship, and their agreements are not binding, however stringent they may appear, because they have no feeling of honour. … Continue reading The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián
Troll Under the Bridge
The Mechanics of Online Disinformation Campaigns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAGZcGi1OP8 Security researcher Renee DiResta discusses with Joe Rogan about the mechanics of online disinformation campaigns, describing her work uncovering Russian trolls. If disinformation and online trolls is something you'd like to know more about, then this is a good place to start.
Insults are Free!
"Once there was a disciple of a renowned Greek philosopher who was handed an odd assignment. He was commanded by his Master to give money to everyone who insulted him for a period of three years. Wanting very much to achieve spiritual awakening, this student did exactly what he was told. Every time he was … Continue reading Insults are Free!
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