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> no one is talking about Is there some way to actually determine what is in the public consciousness? Because I definitely see this brought up pretty frequent

> no one is talking about Is there some way to actually determine what is in the public consciousness? Because I definitely see this brought up pretty frequently. I'm also pretty sure that folks know and talk about the internment of the Japanese as well as the prevalence of domestic violence.

FanaHOVA 11y ago
Yep. Especially since Kanye West released New Slaves 2 years ago: See they'll confuse us with some bullshit Like the New World Order Meanwhile the DEA Teamed up with the CCA They tryna lock niggas up They tryna make new slaves See that's that privately owned prison Get your piece today They prolly all in the Hamptons Bragging 'bout what they made The ACLU signed up on Genius to annotate this and sparked lots of conversations. I also see it regularly mentioned every time something such as Ferguson happens.
- emehrkay 11y ago
  I love how piece could also be peace in that line. I am reading The New Jim Crow and it is fascinating. The author talks about how prisons were utilized as a means to get free labor after slavery ended and how laws in this country were/are designed to keep black people in jail. Good read so far http://www.amazon.com/dp/1595586431/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=66602494644&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12310126189639521031&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_4wgnuzkc48_b http://www.amazon.com/dp/1595586431/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=...
  - MilkyWayMasta 11y ago
    And piece can be piece of the investment, or piece as in "gun". Love that verse.
MichaelCrawford 11y ago
among the reasons I use my hosts file to blackhole the web bugs from analytics services, is that one of the more-common applications of web and mobile analytics is to determine what is in the public consciousness. Most webmasters and mobile developers regard analytics as a way to find out how people are using their sites and apps. While strictly speaking that's true, most analytics SDKs are provided free of charge. The ones who actually pay for the analytics are commonly politicians and large companies. During the last presidential campaign I discovered that each major candidate's website contained dozens of web bugs from several distinctly different analytics companies.
- S4M 11y ago
  Wrong thread?
  - MichaelCrawford 11y ago
    Sorry, I should have been more clear. The OP asked whether there was a way to determine what is in the public consciousness. There are many ways. Among the most popular these days are web and mobile analytics. I did some consulting on a data visualization tool that was employed by one of the world's largest corporations to determine what the public had to say about its products. In that individual, specific case while I felt uncomfortable accepting the work I don't regard it as outright evil. However I do regard it as evil for a political party to do the exact same thing. What I learned about the way analytics are used led to my ardent effort to convince others to blackhole analytics servers. It's also the reason I don't list any of my favorite books or movies in my Facebook profile.
hga 11y ago
Here's one example where partisanship in the US media does the country a gross disservice. Unless we venture into Nazi level abuses, it's hard to top the Cash for Kids scandal mentioned in the article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal). One judge arranged for a private juvenile prison to replace a state one (he claims the company bribed him, the official story goes with their claim he shook them down), another judge sent a lot of kids there, for "crimes" as trivial as saying bad things about a teacher (yeah, protected or at least not criminal speech), there was at least one suicide implicated, etc. There aren't many contemporary US injustices I've read about that made me this angry. Then a Federal judge said to the prosecutors that, no, I'm not going to accept nothingburger tax evasion as I recall 7 years in prison plea bargain, eventually judge sending the children to the prison was convicted and sentenced to 28 years (Federal, so no parole), the other plea bargained for a more just 17.5 years. Now, see that above Wikipedia link? You won't find out from it what political party these judges belonged to. Which tells you which one, if they'd been Republicans this would have been reported in screaming worldwide headlines, used in the 2010 and on elections, etc. But very few know about it, it's not much more than a local story. ADDED: just really looked at the linked Washington Post article and it's clear this is part of the current effort to trash Rubio, who competes for the same local political campaign donor pool as Jeb Bush, whom you'll not be surprised is not well regarded by a large fraction of the Republican party.

FanaHOVA 11y ago

Yep. Especially since Kanye West released New Slaves 2 years ago: See they'll confuse us with some bullshit Like the New World Order Meanwhile the DEA Teamed up with the CCA They tryna lock niggas up They tryna make new slaves See that's that privately owned prison Get your piece today They prolly all in the Hamptons Bragging 'bout what they made The ACLU signed up on Genius to annotate this and sparked lots of conversations. I also see it regularly mentioned every time something such as Ferguson happens.

emehrkay 11y ago
I love how piece could also be peace in that line. I am reading The New Jim Crow and it is fascinating. The author talks about how prisons were utilized as a means to get free labor after slavery ended and how laws in this country were/are designed to keep black people in jail. Good read so far http://www.amazon.com/dp/1595586431/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=66602494644&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12310126189639521031&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_4wgnuzkc48_b http://www.amazon.com/dp/1595586431/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=...
- MilkyWayMasta 11y ago
  And piece can be piece of the investment, or piece as in "gun". Love that verse.

MichaelCrawford 11y ago

among the reasons I use my hosts file to blackhole the web bugs from analytics services, is that one of the more-common applications of web and mobile analytics is to determine what is in the public consciousness. Most webmasters and mobile developers regard analytics as a way to find out how people are using their sites and apps. While strictly speaking that's true, most analytics SDKs are provided free of charge. The ones who actually pay for the analytics are commonly politicians and large companies. During the last presidential campaign I discovered that each major candidate's website contained dozens of web bugs from several distinctly different analytics companies.

S4M 11y ago
Wrong thread?
- MichaelCrawford 11y ago
  Sorry, I should have been more clear. The OP asked whether there was a way to determine what is in the public consciousness. There are many ways. Among the most popular these days are web and mobile analytics. I did some consulting on a data visualization tool that was employed by one of the world's largest corporations to determine what the public had to say about its products. In that individual, specific case while I felt uncomfortable accepting the work I don't regard it as outright evil. However I do regard it as evil for a political party to do the exact same thing. What I learned about the way analytics are used led to my ardent effort to convince others to blackhole analytics servers. It's also the reason I don't list any of my favorite books or movies in my Facebook profile.

hga 11y ago

Here's one example where partisanship in the US media does the country a gross disservice. Unless we venture into Nazi level abuses, it's hard to top the Cash for Kids scandal mentioned in the article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal). One judge arranged for a private juvenile prison to replace a state one (he claims the company bribed him, the official story goes with their claim he shook them down), another judge sent a lot of kids there, for "crimes" as trivial as saying bad things about a teacher (yeah, protected or at least not criminal speech), there was at least one suicide implicated, etc. There aren't many contemporary US injustices I've read about that made me this angry. Then a Federal judge said to the prosecutors that, no, I'm not going to accept nothingburger tax evasion as I recall 7 years in prison plea bargain, eventually judge sending the children to the prison was convicted and sentenced to 28 years (Federal, so no parole), the other plea bargained for a more just 17.5 years. Now, see that above Wikipedia link? You won't find out from it what political party these judges belonged to. Which tells you which one, if they'd been Republicans this would have been reported in screaming worldwide headlines, used in the 2010 and on elections, etc. But very few know about it, it's not much more than a local story. ADDED: just really looked at the linked Washington Post article and it's clear this is part of the current effort to trash Rubio, who competes for the same local political campaign donor pool as Jeb Bush, whom you'll not be surprised is not well regarded by a large fraction of the Republican party.