Cemre Ucar

"The cybernetic network of communication has not only absorbed physical and cognitive labour into its circuits of reproduction, but is, more importantly, learning from human culture, through the data analysis of behaviours, the contextual use of content and the sourcing of knowledge. The theorisation of machine learning as involving a process of thinking will be taken here as a fundamental inspiration to argue that the expansion of an alien space of reasoning, envisioning the possibility of machine thinking against the servo-mechanic model of cybernetics." #Parisi

"Is it true that we still need to think about the human-machine division, and what does it mean to be human if we suspend the model of speciation?" #Parisi

"According to the strong anthropic principle, the universe will eventually produce conscious beings. Because the universe, by definition, is the whole that includes everything and all possibilities. Anything that has a probability greater than zero will of course happen."

Great book!

"*Geleneksel imlemenin* yerini devlet, vatan kutsiyetleriyle *modern kodlar* alır. *Kurbanlar*, vatandaşlar, *aile üyeleri* ve askerler olarak karşımıza çıkar; böylece kişinin yaşamı egemenlik alanları dahiline girerek siyasallaşır. Konaktaki trajedi bu nedenle ailesel olduğu kadar siyasaldır da. Nükhet Seza, egemenlikle kendini özdeşleştirmişken kendi kurbanlığını olumlar; Neyyir, babadan bağımsızlaşarak kendi özgürlüğünü kazansa da, bu kez *başka kutsiyet atıflarıyla -modern bilim gibi-* modern kurbanlık silsilesine dahil olur. Bireylerin iktidarlara karşı verdiği mücadeleler sonucu kazandıkları özgürlük alanları, aynı zamanda bireylerin hayatını üstü örtülü biçimde ama gittikçe daha kuvvetli olarak devlet düzeninin nesneleri haline getirir ve kaçılan iktidara yeni ve daha korkunç bir zemin hazırlar. Neyyir’in geleneksel patriarkal koddan bağımsızlaşması, modern devlet düzenlemelerinin kodlarına ikame edildiği için kazanılan özgürlük alanı, modern kodun müdahale alanına dahil olur."

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hahhah underrated piece with most on-point lyrics!

Is Sustainable Project Management Possible? - 3

Looking back on 2015, this is one of the most comprehensive perspectives on the subject. ____ "When we hear a prediction about the future that contradicts our experience-based notion of 'how things work', our instinct is that the prediction must be naive."

"Neuroplasticity, Culture and Society" by Bruce Wexler

A very informative podcast series on behavioral economics and the science of making better decisions. In this particular podcast, they discuss the concept of outcome bias and how revealing the outcomes beforehand can impact decision-making, which I found useful