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I stand over what I said 11 years ago about the value of the academy and the need for curiosity driven research - seems now more topical than ever.
https://www.ria.ie/assets/uploads/2024/06/presidential-discourse-online-version-3.pdf
#TrumpVirus #GQP grovelling & #Fascism ... vs. #respect for #Truth / #Law / #Democracy / #Sanity / #morality / #values
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R): "We are all afraid. I am oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice because retaliation is real."
David Axelrod wrote: "This is an honest, courageous, and deeply disturbing admission from Sen. Lisa Murkowski about the state of our politics and our country."
#politics #values #ethics
Glenn Thrush: "Attorney General Pam Bondi said she personally offered her sympathy to Gov. Josh Shapiro in the wake of an arson attack on his family -- but she flatly refused to label the attack domestic terrorism, even though she routinely uses that term to describe attacks on Tesla property."
#violence #priorities #values #politics
a few notes on a Linda Rising's talk
"Realize up front that this is hard".
Cognitive dissonance: contradictory "evidence" causes severe cognitive discomfort.
* We are not rational decision-makers
* but we are good at explaining after-the-fact why we made a decision – a pattern called rationalization.
Two thirds of people will not consider an idea until "somebody they know pretty well, is doing it, is happy with it, talks about it […] so maybe i might think about it".
To convince,
* you must address: "What's in it for me?" – requires empathy;
* you can use the values of your opponent. (Loyalty or fairness?)
A pattern of personal touch: walk a mile in the other's shoes
Another pattern: "Give it a try"
Another pattern: listen
Another pattern: ask for something personal
In his job as Secretary of State, I think that Cuban-American Marco Rubio is showing that he is at least as hostile to #HumanRights as Fidel Castro was, and he would willingly support a Castro-like dictatorship in the United States.
#fascism #values #politics #injustice
"Columbia University, which faced criticism for not striking a more defiant stand against efforts by the Trump administration to set its agenda, showed signs of adopting a tougher tone. In a note sent to the campus, the acting president pledged that the school would not allow the federal government to require them to relinquish their independence and autonomy”:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/nyregion/columbia-trump-president-response.html
#MAGA #motto #IgnoranceIsBliss. #politics #values #education
The New York Times · Columbia Vows to Reject Any Trump Deal That Erodes Its Independence
"Harvard University just gave us all a lesson in how to answer a bully with one powerful word: #No”:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/15/harvard-trump-grants-david-ignatius/
"The Trump settlement terms were an attempted hostile takeover of a university."
#politics #values #MAGA #motto #IgnoranceIsBliss
The Washington Post · By saying ‘no’ to Trump, Harvard saves its soul
"I firmly believe the #freedom to express ourselves is a vital part of a healthy #democracy and a healthy international community. I thought these #values were shared by many in the #West, but the suppression of pro-#Palestine #speech and peaceful #protest...has shattered any such illusion." https://www.liberalcurrents.com/palestine-and-free-speech-hypocrisy/
Liberal Currents · Palestine and "Free Speech" HypocrisyThe right and so-called moderate center have framed trigger warnings, the deplatforming of far right speakers, and peaceful protests as urgent free speech crises, but now they downplay the actual stifling of speech and expression.
One of the reasons why Canadians fiercely oppose the idea of becoming the 51st state of the United States is because it would mean their giving up some of their rights, such as their right to their #healthcare system, at the same time that citizens of the United States watch Trump take away some of their own rights.
#politics #values #tyranny
Reminder:
No one who loves you will tell you, "Either you love me, or die!".
Much less, "Either you obey me, or I'm taking you into the basement and setting you on fire for all eternity!"
No one who loves you tells you, "You're so horrifically evil, you should feel lucky to have me!", or, "No one else will ever love you the way I do!", or, "You are WORTHLESS without me!"
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: "It’s incredibly weird how many people around Trump seem to get an unhealthy pleasure from other people’s pain, distress, and humiliation. It seems abnormal."
#values #HumanRights #HumanDecency #politics
This is good from JSTOR on their use of AI https://about.jstor.org/research-tool/
'Our use of technology must enhance that credibility, not undermine it.'
'We will listen closely and proceed cautiously.'
About JSTORJSTOR's interactive research tool - About JSTORExplore JSTOR’s interactive research tool to enhance your research experience. Assess content relevance, deepen your research, and more.
Cause information and knowledge are growing exponentially, #schools try to cram facts into the minds of students. The result is that there is less and less room for #understanding, for reflection on the world and the #meaning of life, for an understanding of #nature and #society, for #humanistic #values, for ethics...
Doing so, we are destroying our #culture and #civilization, because culture is nourished by understanding and wisdom, and civilization without understanding becomes uncontrollable.
I am driven by my emotions.
"Our opinions generally have emotional rather than intellectual roots, and indeed rationality largely functions as a post hoc justification. Our political opinions, ultimately, are what we feel about the world, not what we think about it. And in turn, our opinions about particular events have a lot to do with how we feel about the world in general. It’s not an exaggeration to say that most people’s views about the kind of things that happen today are extensions of concerns of their own ego. And consequently, invitations to change their minds because new facts emerge, or because old ideas are discredited by new evidence, are in fact a threat to the strength and even survival of that ego."
"But few people, especially those who have received a decent education, want to acknowledge that their views are based on emotion and not reason. They therefore try to argue".
"Re-imagining #values means understanding that #consumerism is causing certain risks, like inequalities, like waste, like the destruction of nature, and it’s not serving us well anymore."
The new #UN #InterconnectedRisks report analyses how we can act for #change: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10042025/deep-change-theory-could-lead-to-sustainable-future/
Inside Climate News · ‘Deep Change Theory’ Could Pull Us Out of a Global Climate and Pollution Crisis, Scientists Say - Inside Climate NewsA new U.N. report maps a path toward a more sustainable future and challenges society to question basic assumptions and values about the environment, consumption and waste.