stafford_beer
Re:Academia as a d-index measuring contest
on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @04:37AM (#49607400)
https://kevinmunger.substack.com/p/a-confession-i-p-hacked-t...
author here -- the follow-up post explains the point...it's an existence proof, that a metric exists which ranks me first....which doesn't mean that we have to care about that metric, but it does mean that we shouldn't be taking any metrics for granted as "real"
"The Algorithm" Does Not Exist
Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast
on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @01:18AM (#42707927)
haha I'm not saying that MrBeast couldn't have sex if he wanted to -- I'm saying that, because he's constructed himself to only care about maximizing audience metrics, having sex would be a waste of his time
Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast
on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @01:14AM (#42707901)
thank you!
Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast
on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @12:11PM (#42700249)
totally agree--and I think this is key to Trump's success as well, that he used audience feedback on Twitter to figure out that there was unmet demand for harsh anti-immigration policy and then win the 2016 primary
Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast
on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @12:05PM (#42700127)
OP here -- I like Baudrillard and McLuhan but the media theorist who best captures the present IMO is Flusser: https://kevinmunger.substack.com/p/the-discourse-is-the-cybe...
Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast
on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @12:03PM (#42700096)
OP here -- excellent suggestion, I've been heavily influenced by this book and would also recommend Postman's "Technopoly"
In the Belly of the MrBeast
Re:The Tragedy of Stafford Beer
on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @12:12PM (#42319539)
I agree, this guy gets it