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Kill Your Epistemic Arrogance
When the algorithm identifies someone as a “gang member” based on human-generated criteria, the model’s “ground truth,” however flawed, becomes a stand-in for reality.
Regenerative Agriculture and the Human Good with Ashley Fitzgerald
Cities always import more resources than they can produce. That's kind of the definition of a city.
The (“Post-“) Modern Cave: An Allegory of the University
Mt. Airy, Philadelphia. Imagine human beings brought up from childhood in a cave, bound fast with their heads all facing one direction. On the wall before them they see only…