vaguer version of income mobility? more about social class? (more)

Author of The Hidden Injuries of Class which I found lame when I read it in 1980. (more)

In epistemology, and more specifically, the sociology of knowledge, reflexivity refers to circular relationships between cause and effect, especially as embedded in human belief structures. A reflexive relationship is bidirectional with both the cause and the effect affecting one another in a relationship in which neither can be assigned as causes or effects. (more)

Daniel Markovits: How Life Became an Endless, Terrible Competition. Two decades ago, when I started writing about economic inequality, meritocracy seemed more likely a cure than a cause... In practice, however, meritocracy now excludes everyone outside of a narrow elite. See Alternatives To A College Degree. (more)

Bruce Sterling book - ASIN:B00ASBPAWY - Fashion Industry, Music Industry, Futurism, Venture Capital, Seattle Wa, Brazil, Favela Chic, Romantic... (more)

trying to get something for nothing (more)

Bryce Roberts: The End of Indie.vc. 6 years ago... The site went on to propose an experiment that included a new investment structure and a community of like-minded founders. (more)

Indie.vc is a 12 month program designed to fund and support founders on a path to profitability. We believe deeply that there are hundreds, even thousands, of businesses that could be thriving, at scale, if they focused on revenue growth over raising another round of funding. On average, the companies we've backed have increased revenues over 100% in the first 12 months of the program and around 300% after 24 months post-investment. We aim to be the last investment our founders NEED to take. We call this Permissionless Entrepreneurship. http://www.indie.vc (StartUp)

Venkatesh Rao: Elderblog Sutra: 12. In a curious way, I feel like ribbonfarm has gone full circle and is back to being a baby blog again, to the extent blogs can be babies at all in 2021. (more)

Zvi Mowshowitz: Covid-19 3/4: Declare Victory and Leave Home. Our progress here suddenly looks great. I expected a surge to happen in March and am pleasantly surprised to see it happen this large and this quickly. (more)

Zvi Mowshowitz: Covid-19 3/12: New CDC Guidelines Available. Then, finally, we got guidelines! Real ones that made a non-zero amount of sense! Nice. (more)

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Josh Kaufman: Debugging Dysthymia: Overcoming Chronic Fatigue. I've been exhausted for over a decade. (more)

Scott Alexander: Is Everything A Religion? Is there anything that isn’t like a religion? I spent this morning trying to come up with the least religious things I could think of. Trying to think of practical disciplines aimed at producing a quantifiable result, disciplines which strive to be evidence-based with a minimum of extraneous ideology. What came to mind was investing and medicine. (more)

vs Life Expectancy, Standard Of Living, Life Style, Well-Being? (more)

Gideon Lewis-Kraus on Slate-Star Codex (Scott Alexander) and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media (more)

Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings, and sense of well-being. A depressed mood is a normal temporary reaction to life events such as loss of a loved one. It is also a symptom of some physical diseases and a side effect of some drugs and medical treatments. Depressed mood is also a symptom of some mood disorders such as major depressive disorder or dysthymia.[1] People with a depressed mood may be notably sad, anxious, or empty; they may also feel notably hopeless, helpless, dejected, or worthless. Other symptoms expressed may include senses of guilt, irritability, or anger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depression_(mood) (more)

In Carlota Perez's Model in Technological Revolutions And Financial Capital, the period when a society changes the Game Rules to reduce the financialization of a Technological Revolution so that Progress through the Economic Transition can accelerate. (more)

attempt to test a Model/Hypothesis in a way that reduces the uncertainty of its truth (?) (more)

Self-reference is studied and has applications in mathematics, philosophy, computer programming, and linguistics. Self-referential statements are sometimes paradoxical, and can also be considered recursive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-reference (more)