/tags/culture/ Recent bookmarks tagged #culture Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:46 +0000 https://kyefox.com/you-are-not-immune-to-local-consensus/?ref=kye-fox-newsletter The anti-AI backlash and the ongoing atomization of culture are absolutely headwinds against any openly AI-heavy production achieving broad cultural legitimacy right now. Maybe you see that as a good thing, but the backlash also distorts our ability to measure what is actually happening. We don't know what we don't know.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #ai #creative #culture</p> Sun, 31 May 2026 17:50:30 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:38559 ai creative culture https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/05/08/310477497/rice-theory-why-eastern-cultures-are-more-cooperative The idea is simple. Growing rice tends to foster cultures that are more cooperative and interconnected, Talhelm and his colleagues explain Thursday in the journal Science. Why? Because farming rice paddies requires collaboration with your neighbors, Talhelm tells The Salt. Self-reliance is dangerous.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #cooperation #culture #individualism #rice</p> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:24:14 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:38300 cooperation culture individualism rice https://designobserver.com/the-identity-industrialists/?utm_source=orbitaloperations.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=minimum-viable-newsletter There’s a new kind of power emerging in culture: the identity industrialist. Not a filmmaker, not a technologist, not a marketer, but a person who manufactures human beings the way earlier generations manufactured steel, automobiles, or celebrities. They don’t manage talent; they produce it. And their raw material isn’t silicone or code but identity itself.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #ai #culture #genai #tech</p> Sun, 18 Jan 2026 19:15:18 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:38211 ai culture genai tech https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/26/in-their-plaintive-call-for-a-return-to-the-office-ceos-reveal-how-little-they-are-needed As Gideon Haigh observed 20 years ago, the era of neoliberalism has been associated with the “cult of the CEO”. The office has been the shrine of that cult. In their plaintive call for a return there, CEOs are like declining deities who see their votaries deserting them.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #business #ceos #culture #remote #rto #work</p> Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:55:20 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:30477 business ceos culture remote rto work http://www.wipp.energy.gov/picsprog/articles/wipp%20exhibit%20message%20to%2012,000%20a_d.htm This place is not a place of honor. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. Nothing valued is here. This place is a message and part of a system of messages. Pay attention to it! Sending this message was important to us. We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #culture #future #imported:pinboard #language #nuclear</p> Sat, 02 Dec 2017 17:44:02 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:27527 culture future imported:pinboard language nuclear http://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-old-guard/ The Old Guard is the cultural bellwether of the company. I believe that culture is a slippery thing to fully define, but I do believe it is the responsibility of the Old Guard to not only take the time to define the key values that are the pillars of that culture, to communicate the nuance of those values over and over again, and, lastly, when it becomes apparent they are no longer serving the company, they must be willing to let those values evolve.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #culture #imported:pinboard #management #work</p> Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:06:16 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:31737 culture imported:pinboard management work http://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-old-guard The Old Guard is the cultural bellwether of the company. I believe that culture is a slippery thing to fully define, but I do believe it is the responsibility of the Old Guard to not only take the time to define the key values that are the pillars of that culture, to communicate the nuance of those values over and over again, and, lastly, when it becomes apparent they are no longer serving the company, they must be willing to let those values evolve.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #culture #management #work</p> Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:06:16 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:25305 culture management work http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/07/new-programming-jargon.html What programming terms have you coined that have taken off in your own circles (i.e. have heard others repeat it)? It might be within your own team, workplace or garnered greater popularity on the Internet.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #culture #dev #funny #humor #imported:pinboard #jargon</p> Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:04:30 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:23819 culture dev funny humor imported:pinboard jargon http://acestoohigh.com/2012/04/23/lincoln-high-school-in-walla-walla-wa-tries-new-approach-to-school-discipline-expulsions-drop-85/ A student blows up at a teacher, drops the F-bomb. The usual approach at Lincoln – and, safe to say, at most high schools in this country – is automatic suspension. Instead, Sporleder sits the kid down and says quietly: “Wow. Are you OK? This doesn’t sound like you. What’s going on?” He gets even more specific: “You really looked stressed. On a scale of 1-10, where are you with your anger?”<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #culture #discipline #education #imported:pinboard #psychology #school</p> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:31:08 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:32281 culture discipline education imported:pinboard psychology school http://acestoohigh.com/2012/04/23/lincoln-high-school-in-walla-walla-wa-tries-new-approach-to-school-discipline-expulsions-drop-85 A student blows up at a teacher, drops the F-bomb. The usual approach at Lincoln – and, safe to say, at most high schools in this country – is automatic suspension. Instead, Sporleder sits the kid down and says quietly: “Wow. Are you OK? This doesn’t sound like you. What’s going on?” He gets even more specific: “You really looked stressed. On a scale of 1-10, where are you with your anger?”<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #culture #discipline #education #psychology #school</p> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:31:08 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:23751 culture discipline education psychology school http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22751415 For 75 years, Finland's expectant mothers have been given a box by the state. It's like a starter kit of clothes, sheets and toys that can even be used as a bed. And some say it helped Finland achieve one of the world's lowest infant mortality rates.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #babies #culture #finland #imported:pinboard #parenting #to:fb</p> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:01:28 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:23746 babies culture finland imported:pinboard parenting to:fb http://www.psmag.com/magazines/pacific-standard-cover-story/joe-henrich-weird-ultimatum-game-shaking-up-psychology-economics-53135/ Joe Henrich and his colleagues are shaking the foundations of psychology and economics—and hoping to change the way social scientists think about human behavior and culture.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #anthropology #cogsci #culture #imported:pinboard #psychology #science #to:fb</p> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:04:53 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:32403 anthropology cogsci culture imported:pinboard psychology science to:fb http://www.psmag.com/magazines/pacific-standard-cover-story/joe-henrich-weird-ultimatum-game-shaking-up-psychology-economics-53135 Joe Henrich and his colleagues are shaking the foundations of psychology and economics—and hoping to change the way social scientists think about human behavior and culture.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #anthropology #cogsci #culture #psychology #science #to:fb</p> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:04:53 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:23499 anthropology cogsci culture psychology science to:fb http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/02/ar-15/all/ In the past two decades, the AR-15 has evolved into an open, modular gun platform that’s infinitely hackable and accessorizable. With only a few simple tools and no gunsmithing expertise, an AR-15 can be heavily modified, or even assembled from scratch, from widely available parts to suit the fancy and fantasy of each individual user. In this respect, the AR-15 is the world’s first “maker” gun, and this is why its appeal extends well beyond the military enthusiasts that many anti-gun types presume make up its core demographic.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #ar15 #culture #gadgets #guns #imported:pinboard #politics #to:fb</p> Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:34:53 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:32430 ar15 culture gadgets guns imported:pinboard politics to:fb http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/02/ar-15/all In the past two decades, the AR-15 has evolved into an open, modular gun platform that’s infinitely hackable and accessorizable. With only a few simple tools and no gunsmithing expertise, an AR-15 can be heavily modified, or even assembled from scratch, from widely available parts to suit the fancy and fantasy of each individual user. In this respect, the AR-15 is the world’s first “maker” gun, and this is why its appeal extends well beyond the military enthusiasts that many anti-gun types presume make up its core demographic.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #ar15 #culture #gadgets #guns #politics #to:fb</p> Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:34:53 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:23445 ar15 culture gadgets guns politics to:fb