WIST Quotations · @WISTquote
73 followers · 1104 posts · Server zirk.usA quotation from La Bruyere, Jean de:
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“One must do as others do”: a suspect maxim, which nearly always means: “one must do wrong” as soon as it is applied to anything beyond those purely external matters which are of no consequence, but depend on custom, fashion or convention.
[«Il faut faire comme les autres»: maxime suspecte, qui signifie presque toujours: «il …
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https://wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/62464/
#quote #quotes #quotation #acquiescence #conformity
FeedBot · @feedbot
1 followers · 347 posts · Server mastodon.defiantjc.synology.meSocial influences in the digital era: When do people conform more to a human being or an artificial intelligence? https://www.ethicalpsychology.com/2023/07/social-influences-in-digital-era-when.html #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Informationalinfluence #Cyberpsychology #SocialInfluence #Non-humanagent #Conformity
#artificialintelligence #informationalinfluence #cyberpsychology #socialinfluence #non #conformity
Mr.Trunk · @mrtrunk
5 followers · 7582 posts · Server dromedary.seedoubleyou.meGizmodo: Pentagon-Funded Study Uses AI to Detect 'Violations of Social Norms' in Text https://gizmodo.com/ai-text-social-norms-violations-pentagon-darpa-study-1850673979 #defenseadvancedresearchprojectsagency #artificialintelligence #technologyinternet #consensusreality #socialagreement #conformity #socialnorm #bengurion #folklore #emotion #openai #darpa #gpt3 #norm
#defenseadvancedresearchprojectsagency #artificialintelligence #technologyinternet #consensusreality #socialagreement #conformity #socialnorm #bengurion #folklore #emotion #openai #darpa #gpt3 #norm
graphictruth · @graphictruth
139 followers · 4364 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
@DavidNielsen @JoBlakely @morecowbell @DemocracyMattersALot
It's a line of thinking and investigation that make entirely Too Many gatekeeping males uncomfortable. Some females, too.
#Conformity is the Great Leveler, ain't it?
One wonders if this is a solid, if contrarian position, or just the Editorially Encouraged right wing slant.
#progressive #progressiveauthors #books
#moralpanics #nonconformity #PamelaPaul #NYT #Structural_Ism
#progressive #progressiveauthors #books #nonconformity #pamelapaul #nyt #structural_ism #conformity #moralpanics
Burkely Hermann · @librarysamurai
5 followers · 4 posts · Server library.loveMy most recent post on Pop Culture Library Review--> Examining White male librarians in fiction https://popculturelibraries.wordpress.com/2023/07/11/examining-white-male-librarians-in-fiction/ #whitelibrarians #white #librarians #fiction #malelibrarians #whiteness #phineasandferb #shera #regularshow #conformity
#whitelibrarians #white #librarians #fiction #malelibrarians #whiteness #phineasandferb #shera #regularshow #conformity
An0n :damnified: · @An0n
52 followers · 1536 posts · Server metalhead.club@Taweret
You will wear what everybody else wears and you will like it!
#Conformity
Jeremykendal · @jeremykendal
66 followers · 86 posts · Server mas.toFor many years consigned as a ‘working paper’, Kayla Denton recently gave the manuscript a significant upgrade and refresh so now it has a home in TPB #fertility #demographictransition #conformity
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040580923000357?via%3Dihub
#conformity #demographictransition #fertility
JBRoss · @jbross
18 followers · 404 posts · Server mstdn.party"We are half ruined by conformity, but we should be wholly ruined without it." — Charles Dudley Warner — — — #CharlesDudleyWarner #quote #quotes #conformity #standardization #similarity #rules #society #norms #customs
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WIST Quotations · @WISTquote
59 followers · 796 posts · Server zirk.usA quotation from Hand, Learned:
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A wise man once said, “Convention is like the shell to the chick, a protection till he is strong enough to break it through.”
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https://wist.info/hand-learned/61148/
#quote #quotes #quotation #conformity #convention #orthodoxy #protection #weakness
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Félicien Breton · @breton
72 followers · 428 posts · Server mstdn.social
To say "You are right" is to issue a patent of #conformity.
Jacques Ellul explains it well (in French): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justification_(philosophy) #philosophy #technocriticism #trust #inclusion #security #sociology
#sociology #Security #Inclusion #trust #technocriticism #philosophy #conformity
Félicien Breton · @breton
75 followers · 486 posts · Server mstdn.socialTo say "You are right" is to issue a patent of #conformity.
Jacques Ellul explains it well (in French): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justification_(philosophy) #philosophy #technocriticism #trust #inclusion #security #sociology
#sociology #Security #Inclusion #trust #technocriticism #philosophy #conformity
WordofTheHour · @wordofthehour
2237 followers · 34598 posts · Server botsin.space
#conformity : correspondence in form, manner, or character
- French: conformité
- German: die Übereinstimmung
- Italian: conformità
- Portuguese: conformidade
- Spanish: conformidad
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See previous words @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/past
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
87 followers · 786 posts · Server sfba.social#DeschoolingSociety #strikes: The public #defunding of universities, along with their #seizure by corporations and the uber #rich, is part of the slow-motion #corporate #coup d'état. The goal is to enforce #conformity and obedience, to train young people to fill their slots in the corporate machine and leave unquestioned the #statusquo. The #accumulation of vast #wealth, no matter how #nefarious, is prized as the highest good.
#deschoolingsociety #strikes #defunding #Seizure #rich #corporate #coup #conformity #statusquo #accumulation #wealth #nefarious
Sara Causey · @sara_causey
7 followers · 20 posts · Server me.dmIMO, it susses out who will toe the line from who won't. Who will prize work above all else, including family, and who won't?
https://medium.com/@sara_causey/why-does-corpo-america-have-to-be-introvert-hell-7a9d7b1e7416
#work #conformity #oneofus #corporateamerica #introverthell
M. Grégoire · @mpjgregoire
405 followers · 17186 posts · Server mamot.fr
Why do all cars look the same these days, even the colours? Why do so many buildings look similar? Alex Murrell says we're living in "The Age of Average": https://www.alexmurrell.co.uk/articles/the-age-of-average
#marginalrevolution #alexmurrell #diversity #uniformity #conformity #design
WIST Quotations · @WISTquote
43 followers · 455 posts · Server zirk.usA quotation from Woolf, Virginia:
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Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/woolf-virginia/59959/
#quote #quotes #quotation #conformity
fossesq :silverblue: · @fossesq
152 followers · 329 posts · Server fosstodon.orgIt just depresses me to see 20something guys walking around downtown in suits like they’ve decided to become Mr. Business.
Cast off your #suits! Cast off #conformity and false formality!
I had such high hopes that this generation would be the one that would finally, once and for all, banish “business attire”.
WIST Quotations · @WISTquote
40 followers · 401 posts · Server zirk.usA quotation from Mays, Benjamin:
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I would rather go to hell by choice than to stumble into heaven by following the crowd.
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https://wist.info/mays-benjamin/59489/
#quote #quotes #quotation #choice #conformity #crowd #freedom #responsibility
#quote #quotes #quotation #choice #conformity #crowd #freedom #responsibility
Jack Vance · @vjack
767 followers · 74 posts · Server mastodon.socialGrowing up left-handed wasn't much fun. Even today, there are plenty of reminders that I'm still living in a right-handed world.
#LeftHanded #conformity #memories #childhood #Medium #MediumWriters
Friend link to bypass paywall: https://medium.com/@atheistrevolution/ab270f1c882?sk=7b748e28791087a9a9989bab5f1e32fb
#lefthanded #conformity #memories #childhood #medium #mediumwriters
Jack Vance · @vjack
733 followers · 5 posts · Server mastodon.socialDepending on where you live, there may be many consequences for failing to conform to the popular religion.
#atheism #religion #conformity #mississippi #society #Medium #MediumWriters #social
#atheism #religion #conformity #mississippi #society #medium #mediumwriters #social