Ethics in Bricks
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Plastic philosophy. Sort of famous on Twitter (X).
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Berend van der Kolk
18 days ago
Yess.. this beauty will be published in 2026 ππ check out
fixingacademia.com
for more info.
#booksky
#fixingacademia
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Berend van der Kolk
27 days ago
THE: "You have been selected based on your record of research publication." ME: --> OK, but did you read them? π
#meetmaatschappij
#quantifiedsociety
#ranking
#ranglijst
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"Today, the volume of data and information, proliferating without end, is pulling science away from thought on a massive scale." - Byung-Chul Han
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βHistorically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.β - Howard Zinn
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Petit Dictionnaire
2 months ago
Great account.
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Narcissus anno 2025.
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"Academic" is just a fancy job title for Elsevier's content creators.
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βOur desire not to be inferior to others in terms of performance, combined with the idea that we can freely choose to go the extra mile, can lead to self-exploitation. We force ourselves to go beyond what is good for us β until we burn out.β - Berend van der Kolk (
www.goodreads.com/quotes/12497...
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David Rafferty
4 months ago
The existence of university rankings is entirely a solution to the problem noted here, in Yes Minister - which remains the greatest political education it is possible to receive.
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@luisenantipoda π₯
4 months ago
Indeed. Measuring intellectual life with league tables is like judging poetry with a stopwatch π€·π½ββοΈπβ±οΈ
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University rankings have little meaning, are highly subjective, promote a competition frame, and thwart our academic freedom, as commercial ranking organizations dictate what constitutes βa good university.β -
www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/stop...
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"The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil." - Hannah Arendt
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University rankings have little meaning, are highly subjective, promote a competition frame, and thwart our academic freedom, as commercial ranking organizations dictate what constitutes βa good university.β -
www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/stop...
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"Imagine a machine that could give us any desirable or pleasurable experience we want, by stimulating your brain to induce pleasurable experiences that you could not distinguish from the real world. Would you prefer the machine to real life?" - Robert Nozick
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I am very excited and thrilled to announce here on LinkedIn that I successfully, proudly and humbly returned from the toilet.
5 months ago
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20 things that women should stop wearing after the age of 30. 1-20: The weight of other people's expectations and judgments.
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If you have more than you need, build a longer table - not a higher fence.
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"Our desire not to be inferior to others in terms of performance, combined with the idea that we can freely choose to go the extra mile, can lead to self-exploitation. We force ourselves to go beyond what is good for us β until we burn out." - Berend van der Kolk
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"Our desire not to be inferior to others in terms of performance, combined with the idea that we can freely choose to go the extra mile, can lead to self-exploitation. We force ourselves to go beyond what is good for us β until we burn out." - Berend van der Kolk
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"To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the lone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those that idiots possess." - William Blake
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"No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks." - Mary Wollstonecraft
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
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Hannah Arendt: βThe ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction [.] and the distinction between true and false [.] no longer exists.β
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Findings from publicly funded research should be publicly available.
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Roses are red, violets are blue. Your paper's rejected. - Reviewer two.
#academictwitter
#whatsthehashtaghereforacademictwitter
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Humans: Yes! We can generate energy from sustainable sources like wind and energy. Also humans: Let's use ridiculous amounts of energy to let AI generate shitty images and texts nobody asked for.
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Three universal psychological needs motivate the self to act: Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose. - Self-determination theory Learn more: - Video:
www.ted.com/talks/dan_pi...
- Website:
selfdeterminationtheory.org
- Article:
doi.org/10.1080/0963...
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Academia: reading an article, only to realise you need to read 10 more articles.
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"A strong motivation to engage in extra work and a fear of being overlooked [while remote working] has the potential to turn into over-commitment and self-exploitation, which could subsequently lead to higher levels of stress or even burnouts." -
doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ...
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The harm principle: Your freedom ends where it harms others.
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399 BC: The unexamined life is not worth living. 2025: The unselfied life is not worth living.
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Paul Johnston
11 months ago
This
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"When environmental performance is reduced to an indicator like 'kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions', other crucial environmental qualities like biodiversity are rendered virtually invisible." -
doi.org/10.1177/0007...
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What happens when organizations measure and reward performance of professionals? Employees change their behavior "by avoiding tasks that do not yield quantifiable results." Link:
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
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@luisenantipoda π₯
11 months ago
This offers endless opportunities... Misery While Playing with LEGO All That Is Solid Melts into Air While Playing with LEGO Waiting for the Barbarians While Playing with LEGO On the Road While Playing with LEGO For They Know Not What They Do While Playing with LEGO And so on, and so on...
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Datendealerin π·β
11 months ago
How to be an antiracist while playing with Lego.
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Jason
11 months ago
One Hundred Years of Solitude While Playing With Lego
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Andrew Woods
11 months ago
How to Win Friends and Influence People while playing with LEGO.
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π¦π€ Jennie Rigg is 48 today πΆοΈπ³οΈβπ
11 months ago
Poirot Investigates While Playing With Lego is actually improved, I think
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Today's tip: Ruin a book title by adding "while playing with LEGO".
#booksky
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Datendealerin π·β
11 months ago
Ha! I knew it! π₯³
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"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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"Reading good books is like having conversations with the finest minds of the past.β - RenΓ© Descartes
#booksky
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*Official Announcement* It's OK to buy a book, even if you didn't read all books on your shelf yet. Have a nice day!
#booksky
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