peter forberg
@peterforberg.com
UC Berkeley sociology // prev UChicago
technology, political mobilization, governance, ideology, birding
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technology, political mobilization, governance, ideology, birding
peterforberg.com // signal: pforberg.26
I think that would be super useful!
July 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I think that would be super useful!
Epstein has long been a test on cognitive dissonance for supporters, some elaborate decoding around Trump's less-than-critical remarks, so I'd be interested in how you're thinking about its importance in this moment--but it might take a minute to see how it's being integrated by diff factions
July 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Epstein has long been a test on cognitive dissonance for supporters, some elaborate decoding around Trump's less-than-critical remarks, so I'd be interested in how you're thinking about its importance in this moment--but it might take a minute to see how it's being integrated by diff factions
3) prevents Americans who protested from feeling like they have engaged in politics. For all the criticism of voter apathy and "audience democracy," it's clear that the Dem establishment and news media have no way of incorporating mass popular action/demands/messaging into a movement or narrative.
June 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
3) prevents Americans who protested from feeling like they have engaged in politics. For all the criticism of voter apathy and "audience democracy," it's clear that the Dem establishment and news media have no way of incorporating mass popular action/demands/messaging into a movement or narrative.
But, if we want to be future-looking, we can't *just* think about the interface: LLMs imply a relationship to knowledge that goes beyond the chatbot UI. What that means for how we understand, work, communicate, and believe are big, open-ended questions.
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I've been thinking a lot about the "LLMs are weird computers" frame for thinking about LLMs and it's clarifying for things like this.
We have to re-conceptualize what AI is, and fast I think. It's here to stay, but we don't have to accept this model of it.
June 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
But, if we want to be future-looking, we can't *just* think about the interface: LLMs imply a relationship to knowledge that goes beyond the chatbot UI. What that means for how we understand, work, communicate, and believe are big, open-ended questions.
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I agree that an analysis of "the interface" or UX is necessary, much like how people got different "feels" for the algorithms of TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, etc., there are different epistemologies implied by the way one "reads" technology.
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June 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I agree that an analysis of "the interface" or UX is necessary, much like how people got different "feels" for the algorithms of TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, etc., there are different epistemologies implied by the way one "reads" technology.
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Those are usually more niche, and for field "insiders," but I think there are increasing venues for quasi-public, research-lite work (HKS MisinfoReview, The Conversation, Slate, etc.) Still, having your own space (as I'm thinking about it) might be a way to engage a smaller, more intentional public.
June 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Those are usually more niche, and for field "insiders," but I think there are increasing venues for quasi-public, research-lite work (HKS MisinfoReview, The Conversation, Slate, etc.) Still, having your own space (as I'm thinking about it) might be a way to engage a smaller, more intentional public.
This is something I've been thinking about doing as well, mostly as a motivation to practice writing and have a dialogue on contemporary issues through my research lens. Depending on the field, there are also "blog-like" channels (for sociology, see scatter.wordpress.com or ethnomarginalia.com)
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June 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is something I've been thinking about doing as well, mostly as a motivation to practice writing and have a dialogue on contemporary issues through my research lens. Depending on the field, there are also "blog-like" channels (for sociology, see scatter.wordpress.com or ethnomarginalia.com)
Second, Hochschild's recent book introduces the "four-moment anti-shame ritual." In this argument, it is the retaliation against Trump (his "shaming") that binds him to supporters. Provocations, like retaliatory tariffs, are viewed as cruel and unjust punishment, which allows Trump to push back.
April 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Second, Hochschild's recent book introduces the "four-moment anti-shame ritual." In this argument, it is the retaliation against Trump (his "shaming") that binds him to supporters. Provocations, like retaliatory tariffs, are viewed as cruel and unjust punishment, which allows Trump to push back.
FOX, OANN, etc. lend support to the idea that, say, government is inefficient or the EU is looting US prosperity. This fiction convinces MAGA. Trump acts on the fictions of inefficiency/theft, then takes steps which actually produce inefficiency and monetary retaliation, which confirms his story.
April 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
FOX, OANN, etc. lend support to the idea that, say, government is inefficient or the EU is looting US prosperity. This fiction convinces MAGA. Trump acts on the fictions of inefficiency/theft, then takes steps which actually produce inefficiency and monetary retaliation, which confirms his story.