Mira Mohsini
@mjmeem.bsky.social
crafty apprentice to my weirdo whims. hella sensitive bish. post-academic, hungover anthropologist, community researcher. i spend a lot of time telling people how research and data has been and continues to be oppressive.
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Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Astrophysicist: the cup is full with an equal mixture of water and dark water.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Astrophysicist: the cup is full with an equal mixture of water and dark water.
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Trademark lawyer: The shape of the cup fails to function as a #trademark and cannot be protected unless it acquires secondary meaning
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Trademark lawyer: The shape of the cup fails to function as a #trademark and cannot be protected unless it acquires secondary meaning
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Copyright lawyer: The cup is a useful article and its design is not subject to #copyright
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Copyright lawyer: The cup is a useful article and its design is not subject to #copyright
November 23, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Astrophysicist: the cup is full with an equal mixture of water and dark water.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Astrophysicist: the cup is full with an equal mixture of water and dark water.
Reposted by Mira Mohsini
My latest on “The New Artificial Intelligentsia,” part of the Legacies of Eugenics series in the Los Angeles Review of Books. Thanks to all who read + share! lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
The New Artificial Intelligentsia | Los Angeles Review of Books
In the fifth essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, Ruha Benjamin explores how AI evangelists wrap their self-interest in a cloak of humanistic concern.
lareviewofbooks.org
October 18, 2024 at 4:42 PM
My latest on “The New Artificial Intelligentsia,” part of the Legacies of Eugenics series in the Los Angeles Review of Books. Thanks to all who read + share! lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
Reposted by Mira Mohsini
"Like a ventriloquist’s dummy, though, the data can only speak for itself thanks to an illusion pulled off by a skilled performer."
The “Correlation” Between Statistics and Eugenics
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The “Correlation” Between Statistics and Eugenics
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The “Correlation” Between Statistics and Eugenics | Los Angeles Review of Books
In the second essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, Aubrey Clayton excavates the troubling correlation between the birth of statistical methods and the history of eugenics.
lareviewofbooks.org
July 21, 2024 at 12:30 PM
"Like a ventriloquist’s dummy, though, the data can only speak for itself thanks to an illusion pulled off by a skilled performer."
The “Correlation” Between Statistics and Eugenics
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-... via @lareviewofbooks
The “Correlation” Between Statistics and Eugenics
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-... via @lareviewofbooks
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The global North net-imports 826 billion hours of labour from the global South every year—more than what is provided by the entire workforce of the United States and Europe combined. www.science.org/content/arti...
Rich countries drain ‘shocking’ amount of labor from the Global South
Workers in the Global South—from farm workers to scientists—power the world economy but face a yawning wage gap
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August 15, 2024 at 3:49 PM
The global North net-imports 826 billion hours of labour from the global South every year—more than what is provided by the entire workforce of the United States and Europe combined. www.science.org/content/arti...