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Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.[1][2][3] The term sociology was coined in the late 18th century to describe the scientific study of society.[4] Regarded as a part of both the social sciences and humanities, sociology uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis[5]: 3–5  to develop a body of knowledge about social order and social change.[5]: 32–40  Sociological subject matter ranges from micro-level analyses of individual interaction and agency to macro-level analyses of social systems and social structure. Applied sociological research may be directed toward social policy and welfare, whereas theoretical approaches may focus on the understanding of social processes and phenomenological method. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology

Erik Hoel: Why we stopped making Einsteins. (With published responses following.) I think the most depressing fact about humanity is that during the 2000s most of the world was handed essentially free access to the entirety of knowledge (WorldWideWeb) and that didn’t trigger a golden age. (more)

Geoffrey Everest Hinton (born 6 December 1947) is a British-Canadian computer scientist, cognitive scientist, cognitive psychologist and Nobel Prize laureate known for his work on artificial neural networks, which earned him the title "the Godfather of AI".[8] He is University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto... From 2013 to 2023, he divided his time working for Google Brain and the University of Toronto before publicly announcing his departure from Google in May 2023, citing concerns about the many risks of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Hinton

EBook reader app for Android (more)

Sci-Hub is a shadow library website that provides free access to millions of research papers and books, without regard to copyright,[3] by bypassing publishers' paywalls in various ways.[3][4][5] Sci-Hub was founded in Kazakhstan by Alexandra Elbakyan in 2011, in response to the high cost of research papers behind paywalls (see Serials crisis). The site is extensively used worldwide.[3][4] In September 2019, the site's owners said that it served approximately 400,000 requests per day.[6] Sci-Hub has been estimated to contain 95% of all scholarly publications with issued DOI numbers.[3] Sci-Hub reported on July 15, 2022, that its collection comprises 88,343,822 files. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub (more)

Fernando Flores/Terry Winograd concept: "expert behavior requires an exquisite sensitivity to Context" (more)

Observation Orientation Decision Action (Observation, Orientation (model?), Decision/Decision Making, Action) (more)

Theory of Change (ToC) is a methodology for planning, participation, and evaluation that is used in companies, philanthropy, not-for-profit and government sectors to promote social change. Theory of Change defines long-term goals and then maps backward to identify necessary preconditions. (Working Backwards, ChangeTheWorld) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_change I don't like this phrase much, as it feels like it's about a generic theory of change-agentry, as opposed to a context-specific theory of steps to take to reach a specific outcome. (more)

book by Martin Seligman, also one branch of the Positive Psychology movement (more)

The Book of the Courtier (Italian: Il Cortegiano [il korteˈdʒaːno]) by Baldassare Castiglione is a lengthy philosophical dialogue on the topic of what constitutes an ideal courtier or (in the third chapter) court lady, worthy to befriend and advise a prince or political leader. Inspired by the Spanish court during his time as Ambassador of the Holy See (1524–1529),[1] Castiglione set the narrative of the book in his years as a courtier in the Duchy of Urbino. The book quickly became enormously popular and was assimilated by its readers into the genre of prescriptive courtesy books or books of manners—dealing with issues of etiquette, self-presentation, and morals, particularly at princely, or royal courts—books such as Giovanni Della Casa's Il Galateo (1558) and Stefano Guazzo's The Civil Conversation (1574).[2] The Book of the Courtier was much more than that, however, having the character of a drama, an open-ended philosophical discussion, and an essay. It has also been seen as a veiled political allegory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Courtier

Renaissance Man (more)

fictional detective (more)

Concept associated with Abraham Maslow. (more)

super-high level of Intelligence or Talent? (more)

Joel Spolsky description of good developer: "Smart and Gets Things Done". In 2007: became book. (more)

ability to gets things done, right

Approaches to the Meta-Crisis: someone fowarded this gsheet, I don't know the original source. Here's the dump of the text, in case that's more convenient than a table: (more)

Erving Goffman (11 June 1922 – 19 November 1982) was a Canadian-born American sociologist, social psychologist, and writer, considered by some "the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century"... His best-known contribution to social theory is his study of symbolic interaction. This took the form of dramaturgical analysis, beginning with his 1956 book The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. Goffman's other major works include Asylums (1961), Stigma (1963), Interaction Ritual (1967), Frame Analysis (1974), and Forms of Talk (1981). His major areas of study included the sociology of everyday life, social interaction, the social construction of self, social organization (framing) of experience, and particular elements of social life such as total institutions and stigmas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erving_Goffman

Baldur Bjarnason: Trusting your own judgement on ‘AI’ is a huge risk. One of the major turning points in my life was reading my dad’s copy of Robert Cialdini’s Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion as a teenager. (more)