“We can have democracy, or we can have a surveillance society, but we cannot have both.”
Posts from the Status Category
Het uitzicht tijdens mijn rondje hardlopen 🏃♂️vanochtend.
Die Broken Earth trilogie van N.K. Jemisin, wauw!
Ton schreef vorige week over wat belangrijk is bij datagestuurde besluitvorming:
To begin with, indicators easily become their own goals, and people will start gaming the measurement system to attain the set targets. (Think of call centers picking up the phone and then disconnecting, because they are scored on the number of calls answered within 3 rings, but the length of calls isn’t checked for those picked up)
Measurement also isn’t neutral. It’s an expression of values, regardless of whether you articulated your values. When you measure the number of traffic deaths for instance as an indicator for road safety, but not wounded or accidents as such, nor their location, you’ll end up minimising traffic deaths but not maximising road safety. Because the absence of deaths isn’t the presence of road safety. Deaths is just one, albeit the most irreparable one, expression of the consequences of unsafety. Different measurements lead to different real life actions and outcomes.
Tegenwoordig kun je bijna alles makkelijk meten. Maar hoe je het meet, en wat je daarmee mist of mogelijk onderwaardeert, bepaalt de daadwerkelijke waarde.
Arjen Lubach & Shell’s Great Travel Hack
Prachtig hoe Arjen Lubach de greenwashing-vlogserie (?) van Shell grillde vanavond:
Don’t care about cameras
Lukasz Palka vraagt zich in ‘I don’t care about cameras‘ af:
Do writers talk endlessly about typewriters and pens and Moleskine notebooks? Then why should we as photographers obsess over such things? Don’t worry about cameras—focus on ideas. Get out and shoot.
Zie ook: The Best Camera.
Gisteravond ben ik eindelijk begonnen aan de My Dad Wrote a Porno podcast. Fantastisch, vooral dankzij Alice Levine.
“Easily passes the six laugh test”, zou @KermodeMovie zeggen. Alleen kijken mensen in de trein wel raar naar je om als je de hele tijd zit te grinniken en regelmatig zomaar in lachen uitbarst.
Chris Shiflett:
The best time to make a personal website is 20 years ago. The second best time to make a personal website is now.
Why We All Need a Personal Website – Plus Practical Tips for How to Build One.
Ethical Web Principles
Just read the W3C Ethical Web Principles:
The web should be a platform that helps people and provides a net positive social benefit. As we continue to evolve the web platform, we must therefore consider the ethical implications of our work. The web must be for good.
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IndieWebCamp Amsterdam
Op 28 en 29 september vindt IndieWebCamp Amsterdam plaats. Zet ‘t in je agenda!