Missionary feminism
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/missionary-feminism/11708672 When people think of feminism, they often think of a single movement, a universal sisterhood committed to the understanding that if one woman is oppressed, all are oppressed. But feminism ¨C in universalist mode ¨C can help to oppress the very people it seeks to liberate. Feminist arguments in the West have been used to advance imperialist projects that inflict suffering on women in Iraq and Afghanistan. And the Western feminist focus on individual rights can be disastrous when played out in non-Western contexts. Is it time to rethink ¡°missionary feminism¡±? David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark dss@... Tel./Signal: +45 3095 4070
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Genocide complaint to UN
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The sense of political belonging formed by and essential to common struggle
http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S191017 Jodi Dean, author of Comrade, on the sense of political belonging formed by and essential to common struggle https://www.versobooks.com/books/3060-comrade When people say ¡°comrade,¡± they change the world In the twentieth century, millions of people across the globe addressed each other as ¡°comrade.¡± Now, among the left, it¡¯s more common to hear talk of ¡°allies.¡± In Comrade, Jodi Dean insists that this shift exemplifies the key problem with the contemporary left: the substitution of political identity for a relationship of political belonging that must be built, sustained, and defended. Dean offers a theory of the comrade. Comrades are equals on the same side of a political struggle. Voluntarily coming together in the struggle for justice, their relationship is characterized by discipline, joy, courage, and enthusiasm. Considering the egalitarianism of the comrade in light of differences of race and gender, Dean draws from an array of historical and literary examples such as Harry Haywood, C.L.R. James, Alexandra Kollontai, and Doris Lessing. She argues that if we are to be a left at all, we have to be comrades. David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark dss@... Tel./Viber: +45 3095 4070
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Broadcasting into areas suffering a blackout
This allows broadcasting messages and bitcoin into Kashmir and any other areas suffering a blackout. https://satlite.space/ dss David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark dss@... Tel./Viber: +45 3095 4070
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Science fiction predicts the future of work
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/science-fiction-predicts-the-future-of-work/11555782 Science fiction has a legion of fans. You may not be one of them but those futuristic ideas have a life of their own. Many of the gadgets we now use and the social challenges of technology were first imagined by science fiction writers So what does science fiction say about the future of work? Science Fiction and the future of work recorded 28 August 2019 Monash University Speakers Jon McCormack - Professor of Computer Science Monash University Dr Evie Kendal - Lecturer in Bioethics and Health Humanities Deakin University Amanda Pillar - Science fiction author and editor. Professor Mark Andrejevic ¨C moderator- School of Media, Film and Journalism Monash University dss David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark dss@... Tel./Viber: +45 3095 4070
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User information for the Augmented Conversation application
The Augmented Conversation application solves this problem: Persons in face-to-face groups typically organize their conversation without centralized control. However, when group size increases, a chairperson is often selected in order to ensure that only one person speaks at a time. Formal management is more common in teleconferencing environments, because the back channel ¡°body language¡± is reduced or absent. The problem we aim to solve is the loss of free discussion that typically occurs as groups increase in size or when they have remote members. Our solution aims to maintain the natural flow of conversation even when discussion is electronically mediated and when members can't see each other. This requires automatically resolving conflicts over speaking order and isolation of users from environmental noise. Ideally, users wearing headphones will move smoothly from a face-to-face small group communication situation to one in which there are a large number of users that can't see each other. The most groundbreaking things about the application: The Stanford University experiments showed that teams working in the telecommunication settings made better decisions, enjoyed themselves more, experienced less frustration, and viewed their teams' decisions more favorably as compared to face-to-face groups. All previous research had found that teleconferencing yields either inferior performance or less satisfaction with meetings. This solution is one element of a comprehensive meeting management framework. The solution ensures that meetings proceed in a mutually acceptable manner. That is, it makes sure that individuals do not speak out of turn or try to dominate a discussion. We plan to add a contractual element to the framework by using code for arranging meetings that was made open source at our request: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M20PRSlHQpg One reason for using this meeting arrangement software is to ensure that people agree in advance to structure the dialogue process with MyTurn - the conflict resolving system. Another is to ensure that noncooperative individuals - those tending to speak out of turn - will be identifiable prior to a potential meeting. History and status: A laboratory proven rule system for allocating turns to speakers yields superior emotional tone, better learning, and improved performance compared to standard facilitation methods. The experiments were performed at the University of California, Irvine and at Stanford University: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vexyrul4bkg6vdm/%20MyTurn%20user%20info.pdf?dl=0 A web application for computers: http://myturn.mobi For cellphones and other devices capable of producing vibration: http://beta.myturn.mobi David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark dss@... Tel./Viber: +45 3095 4070
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[Air-L] Report launch and discussion: WhatsApp Vigilantes
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New file uploaded to [email protected]
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the [email protected] group. File: Augmented Conversation simplified3.pdf Uploaded By: David Stodolsky Description: Simplified version of the Augmented Conversation proposal originally submitted to Samsung You can access this file at the URL: /g/yellowvests/files/Augmented%20Conversation%20simplified3.pdf Cheers, The ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Team
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File formats
We will use text, RTF, or PDF file formats for all project communications. This will minimize the risk of virus transmission in documents. Text is the safest and should be used, unless there is a need for fancy formatting. In almost all cases, side headings and extra spacing are adequate to separate document sections, etc. dss David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark dss@... Tel./Viber: +45 3095 4070
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Turn-key facilitation tool available
The Samsung proposal in the MedicalEthics files area shows how this turn-taking app can be combined with the matchmaking capability that gets people to a meeting. dss David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark dss@... Tel./Viber: +45 3095 4070
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Safe Hex: The Rules for Safe Computing
Basic Rules for Safe Computing: https://uknowit.uwgb.edu/page.php?id=24783 https://its.ucsc.edu/security/top10.html https://www.honistsolutions.com/blog/2018/6/30/top-13-safe-computing-tips Internet oriented: https://www.citizensone.com/security/safe-computing.html https://www.scotiabank.com/ca/en/about/contact-us/security/your-security-responsibility/safe-computing-practices.html Windows OS oriented: https://www.cknow.com/cms/vtutor/safe-computing-practices.html Older: https://www.techsupportalert.com/safe-hex-safe-computing-practices.htm dss David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark dss@... Tel./Viber: +45 3095 4070
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The second ¡°Assembly of Assemblies¡± of the Yellow Vests
https://roarmag.org/essays/gilets-jaunes-saint-nazaire/ Early last month, between April 5-7, the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) organized a second ¡°Assembly of Assemblies¡± in Saint-Nazaire, following the first such meeting in Commercy back in January. The following article is a partial report-back on these meetings, offering an enthusiastic, albeit ambivalent, assessment. When ¡°limits¡± and ¡°disappointments¡± are mentioned, the author considers them despite everything as being part of a long process: ¡°democracy must be conceived as a painful learning process¡±. David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark dss@... Tel./Viber +45 3095 4070
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Yellow Vest Realities and Reactions
https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-may-28-2019/ The Yellow Vests have shaken the French political establishment to its core. What are the protesters¡¯ grievances, and how has the uprising been viewed by intellectuals on the left? Gabriel Rockhilldescribes and assesses the Yellow Vests movement, the Macron regime¡¯s reaction to it, and the French intelligentsia¡¯s opinions of it. Gabriel Rockhill, https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-failure-of-the-french-intelligentsia-intellectuals-and-uprisings-in-the-case-of-the-yellow-vests/ The Philosophical Salon Gabriel Rockhill, https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/03/22/spectacular-violence-as-a-weapon-of-war-against-the-yellow-vests/ CounterPunch ?tienne Dolet and the Radical Education Department, https://itsgoingdown.org/ten-lessons-from-the-yellow-vests/ It¡¯s Going Down David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark dss@... Tel./Viber +45 3095 4070
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Today is International Worker's Day
On 1 May 2019 at 18:18:22, Richard D. Wolff (info@...) wrote: Dearest David -- This May 1, the French people offer the world a strategy. The stunningly successful ¡°yellow vest¡± movement building over the past half year decided to join with labor unions and social movements in a massively enlarged Mayday, 2019. Demonstrations will sweep across France with a demand for what the yellow vests call ¡°a new democracy.¡± In the US and beyond we need that too: the call, the vast new kind of social movement represented by the yellow vests, the unity of social movements with the labor movement. And like the yellow vests made clearly explicit in their call for these Mayday events, by ¡°new democracy¡± they mean to confront and move society beyond capitalism. What is ¡°new¡± first of all is that democracy belongs inside the workplace. The capitalists who give lip service to democracy have always rigidly excluded it from the workplaces they owned and were determined to control exclusively. The privations, inequalities, money-bought governments, and ecological disasters that plague us today follow directly from how capitalists use their unaccountable power inside capitalist enterprises. To democratize the enterprise solves many social problems caused by and from capitalism¡¯s undemocratic core. A new democracy inside enterprises ends capitalism and begins a better system for the vast majority. At Democracy at Work we seek to contribute to just such an international movement for a new democracy. Our advocacy for a transition from undemocratic capitalist enterprises to democratic worker cooperatives instead is one way to make such a contribution. We invite and welcome others to join in a process of change already well underway. In solidarity, Richard D. Wolff Founder PS: In honor of Karl Marx's birth month, we are offering our latest book Understanding Marxism, at a 25% discount for the entire month of May. Funds go to support the organization. -=-=- Democracy at Work ¡¤ PO Box 30941, New York, NY 10011, United States This email was sent to dss@.... To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Democracy at Work on Facebook. -=-=- Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark dss@... Tel./Viber +45 3095 4070
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Gilets Jaunes assembly calls for national week of action
https://roarmag.org/2019/04/12/gilets-jaunes-assembly-calls-for-national-week-of-action/ We, the Gilets Jaunes, organized in local assemblies [¡], are addressing the general public. Following the first Assembly of Assemblies in Commercy, some 200 delegations continue the struggle against extreme liberalism and for libert¨¦, ¨¦galit¨¦ and fraternit¨¦. Despite the government¡¯s increasing repression and an accumulation of laws that worsen living conditions for us all and destroy our rights and liberties, the people¡¯s mobilization has taken root to change the system represented by president Macron. David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark dss@... Tel./Viber +45 3095 4070
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Online presence
Advocates for Direct democracy ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMJzEUgTINIf-uJ9bLRqeNA ) YouTube channel Advocates for direct democracy FaceBook page ( https://www.facebook.com/advocatesfordirectdemocray ) Nick Greco also produces a podcast: Advocates for direct democracy ( https://anchor.fm/AFDD ) dss David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark dss@... Tel./Viber: +45 3095 4070
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The Project of Crypto-anarchy
"Cryptoanarchy is all the buzz, but it has become a brand lacking content." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTtbkguROdk dss David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark dss@... Tel./Viber: +45 3095 4070
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