Mark Fisher’s “K-punk” and the futures that have never arrived (2018)

Re:Mark Fisher’s “K-punk” and the futures that have never ar... by marcosdumay on Friday March 25, 2022 @12:23PM (#30804063)

Yes, the one thing you can count on the Real World is for it to be simple and measurable... But let's keep the soccer metaphor.

Player A's game is long ended. They won't even play again. But it's a long championship and they are winning. Now your team is on the last round and will tie with them on points if you win, but will lose on the goal-count tie-breaker. Should the referee grant you 30 goals on your game with an entirely different adversary?

And your adversary is on the same situation, they will also tie with A's points if they win. Now what should the referee do?

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Re:Mark Fisher’s “K-punk” and the futures that have never ar... by antiterra on Saturday March 26, 2022 @05:13PM (#30815423)

The point of the original metaphor isn’t about disadvantage being simple and measurable, it’s simply about it existing and worthy of attention.

A solution here is largely academic, and not readily reached due to massive amounts of missing information.

However if the question is simply, is it fair for someone to lose first place because the second place categorization was biased? Sure, it definitely can be.

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