Kudos to the Dutch king for this statement. The Dutch have, in fact, been far ahead of others in acknowledging the evils of colonialism. As early as 1900 the Dutch Queen recognized the harm that Dutch rule had done to Java. British royals? Nowhere close.
responsibility for circumstances that harm particular groups is often deflected onto anonymous institutions like “the system,” “the market,” or even “nature.”
Guido Sprenger applies theories of personhood from Niklas Luhmann to compare these cases.
https://t.co/nWltBtvkPq
Colonial apologists: "British colonizers developed India!"
Actual British colonizers: "We have succeeded in converting India from a manufacturing country into a country exporting raw produce.” (Chairman of the East India and China Association, speaking to Parliament in 1840)
@ethan_iverson One of my favorite albums. San Francisco Holiday is particularly fun to compare to the Monk version live at the Blackhawk, especially Billy Higgins’ playing
This idea that unless you know the math, you can't regulate it, or understand its impacts on society really dupes regulators as well because they feel insecure about not "knowing" how it works.
@OlivierJandot C'est curieux, le titre original est "The Footnote: A Curious History", j'espère que le traducteur explique en NdT pourquoi il a traduit "curious" par "tragique"
@Wordshaper It seems that they are hell bent on insisting that the last millennium of progress on accounting and contract law and fraud protection has been a mistake that can be fixed by blorkchains. Reinventing the wheel, but this time it’s a square because they just discovered the square
It's possible to make the (very Latourian) point that humans did not discover agriculture; instead, agriculture was co-discovered by humans and by crops. Think in systems. https://t.co/C3TJUKveCq
For people who like Bruno Latour and free books (or who just want to read a nice introduction to Latour's work): "Latour for architects" by @AlbenaYaneva is now open access. https://t.co/0IIF5py2D9 (Also free on kindle)