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I never said that they cant, it's more that people are writing articles about their opinions when they are bringing nothing new to the table. Why doesn't vox wr
by thethethethe 5y ago
I never said that they cant, it's more that people are writing articles about their opinions when they are bringing nothing new to the table. Why doesn't vox write articles about a grocery store clerk or trucker's opinion on social media and society? Why does some biologist somehow know more about this stuff than other people who aren't sociologists? This is why conservatives think academics are snooty and elitist
- anigbrowl 5y agoI am absolutely interested in the opinions of biologists and ecologists on this topic because they are in the business of studying complex systems, competing populations etc.
- thethethethe 5y agoI'd be interested too if they wrote a paper about it instead of repeating mainstream talking points in a Vox article
- cratermoon 5y agoGood news! Bergstrom wrote a paper, titled "Stewardship of global collective behavior"[1], see also https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1408262388533456904 https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1408262388533456904 1 https://www.pnas.org/content/118/27/e2025764118 https://www.pnas.org/content/118/27/e2025764118
- thethethethe 5y agoThanks. I read it this morning, as I am interested, and my opinion hasn't really changed to be honest. It appears to be a reaction to covid response/the capitol riot and they have identified the dissemination of information online as the problem and some form of "stewardship" is the solution. I disagree with this assessment as I believe the actual problem is people's material conditions and information flow online is just a conduit, not a cause. The whole thing strikes me as good-intentioned authoritarianism
- anigbrowl 5y agoIf you had read the article you'd have noticed it's citing a paper publisher in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
- thethethethe 5y agoI didn't notice, thanks for pointing this out