Ethics in Bricks
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Plastic philosophy. Sort of famous on Twitter (X).
"Today, the volume of data and information, proliferating without end, is pulling science away from thought on a massive scale."
- Byung-Chul Han
- Byung-Chul Han
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"Today, the volume of data and information, proliferating without end, is pulling science away from thought on a massive scale."
- Byung-Chul Han
- Byung-Chul Han
“Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.”
- Howard Zinn
- Howard Zinn
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.”
- Howard Zinn
- Howard Zinn
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Great account.
Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction [.] and the distinction between true and false [.] no longer exists.”
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction [.] and the distinction between true and false [.] no longer exists.”
October 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Great account.
Narcissus anno 2025.
October 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Narcissus anno 2025.
"Academic" is just a fancy job title for Elsevier's content creators.
October 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
"Academic" is just a fancy job title for Elsevier's content creators.
“Our desire not to be inferior to others in terms of performance, combined with the idea that we can freely choose to go the extra mile, can lead to self-exploitation. We force ourselves to go beyond what is good for us — until we burn out.”
- Berend van der Kolk (www.goodreads.com/quotes/12497...)
- Berend van der Kolk (www.goodreads.com/quotes/12497...)
September 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
“Our desire not to be inferior to others in terms of performance, combined with the idea that we can freely choose to go the extra mile, can lead to self-exploitation. We force ourselves to go beyond what is good for us — until we burn out.”
- Berend van der Kolk (www.goodreads.com/quotes/12497...)
- Berend van der Kolk (www.goodreads.com/quotes/12497...)
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The existence of university rankings is entirely a solution to the problem noted here, in Yes Minister - which remains the greatest political education it is possible to receive.
![This was shocking. Clearly he has not yet grasped the fundamentals of our work.
There has to be some way to measure success in the Service. British Leyland can measure success by the size of its profits. [British Leyland was the name of the car manufacturer into which billions of pounds of taxpayers' money was paid in the 1980s in an attempt to produce full employment in the West Midlands. To be more accurate, BL measured its failure by the size of its losses - Ed.] However, the Civil Service does not make profits or losses.
Ergo, we measure success by the size of our staff and our budget. By definition a big department is more successful than a small one. It seems extraordinary that Woolley could have passed through the Civil Service College without having understood that this simple proposition is the basis of our whole system.
Nobody had asked the NW controller to save £32 million. Suppose everybody did it? Suppose everybody started saving money irresponsibly all over the place?
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August 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The existence of university rankings is entirely a solution to the problem noted here, in Yes Minister - which remains the greatest political education it is possible to receive.
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Indeed. Measuring intellectual life with league tables is like judging poetry with a stopwatch 🤷🏽♂️🎓⏱️
University rankings have little meaning, are highly subjective, promote a competition frame, and thwart our academic freedom, as commercial ranking organizations dictate what constitutes “a good university.”
- www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/stop...
- www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/stop...
August 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Indeed. Measuring intellectual life with league tables is like judging poetry with a stopwatch 🤷🏽♂️🎓⏱️
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University rankings have little meaning, are highly subjective, promote a competition frame, and thwart our academic freedom, as commercial ranking organizations dictate what constitutes “a good university.”
- www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/stop...
- www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/stop...
August 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
University rankings have little meaning, are highly subjective, promote a competition frame, and thwart our academic freedom, as commercial ranking organizations dictate what constitutes “a good university.”
- www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/stop...
- www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/stop...
"The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil."
- Hannah Arendt
- Hannah Arendt
August 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil."
- Hannah Arendt
- Hannah Arendt
University rankings have little meaning, are highly subjective, promote a competition frame, and thwart our academic freedom, as commercial ranking organizations dictate what constitutes “a good university.”
- www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/stop...
- www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/stop...
August 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
University rankings have little meaning, are highly subjective, promote a competition frame, and thwart our academic freedom, as commercial ranking organizations dictate what constitutes “a good university.”
- www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/stop...
- www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/08/stop...
"Imagine a machine that could give us any desirable or pleasurable experience we want, by stimulating your brain to induce pleasurable experiences that you could not distinguish from the real world. Would you prefer the machine to real life?"
- Robert Nozick
- Robert Nozick
August 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"Imagine a machine that could give us any desirable or pleasurable experience we want, by stimulating your brain to induce pleasurable experiences that you could not distinguish from the real world. Would you prefer the machine to real life?"
- Robert Nozick
- Robert Nozick
I am very excited and thrilled to announce here on LinkedIn that I successfully, proudly and humbly returned from the toilet.
August 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I am very excited and thrilled to announce here on LinkedIn that I successfully, proudly and humbly returned from the toilet.
20 things that women should stop wearing after the age of 30.
1-20: The weight of other people's expectations and judgments.
1-20: The weight of other people's expectations and judgments.
July 10, 2025 at 4:43 AM
20 things that women should stop wearing after the age of 30.
1-20: The weight of other people's expectations and judgments.
1-20: The weight of other people's expectations and judgments.
If you have more than you need, build a longer table - not a higher fence.
June 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If you have more than you need, build a longer table - not a higher fence.
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"Our desire not to be inferior to others in terms of performance, combined with the idea that we can freely choose to go the extra mile, can lead to self-exploitation. We force ourselves to go beyond what is good for us — until we burn out."
- Berend van der Kolk
- Berend van der Kolk
June 13, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"Our desire not to be inferior to others in terms of performance, combined with the idea that we can freely choose to go the extra mile, can lead to self-exploitation. We force ourselves to go beyond what is good for us — until we burn out."
- Berend van der Kolk
- Berend van der Kolk
"Our desire not to be inferior to others in terms of performance, combined with the idea that we can freely choose to go the extra mile, can lead to self-exploitation. We force ourselves to go beyond what is good for us — until we burn out."
- Berend van der Kolk
- Berend van der Kolk
June 13, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"Our desire not to be inferior to others in terms of performance, combined with the idea that we can freely choose to go the extra mile, can lead to self-exploitation. We force ourselves to go beyond what is good for us — until we burn out."
- Berend van der Kolk
- Berend van der Kolk
"To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the lone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those that idiots possess."
- William Blake
- William Blake
May 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
"To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the lone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those that idiots possess."
- William Blake
- William Blake
"No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks."
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- Mary Wollstonecraft
May 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks."
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- Mary Wollstonecraft
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing."
- Edmund Burke
- Edmund Burke
May 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing."
- Edmund Burke
- Edmund Burke
Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction [.] and the distinction between true and false [.] no longer exists.”
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction [.] and the distinction between true and false [.] no longer exists.”
April 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction [.] and the distinction between true and false [.] no longer exists.”
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction [.] and the distinction between true and false [.] no longer exists.”