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Oozenet

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Virtually Real

"We each live in our own perceptual universe, no two sensoria are exactly alike, but, because we all live in the same physical universe, we imagine it is a shared whole, its entirety common to us all. But our perceptual worlds are as unique as we each are, each unique perceptual world adding to the creation of the whole of reality."

Theologian. Historian. Polytheist Animist. Regenerative Farmer. Virtual World Developer. Refugee From Academia. Open Data Advocate. Photographer.

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jaap, to academicchatter
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Really enjoyed reading this article from Oishi and Westgate on “A Psychologically Rich Life”. As a potential third dimension next to Hedonic (Pleasure) and Eudaemonic (Meaning) Wellbeing, they posit the notion that Psychological Richness leads to Wisdom. It allows for a reframing of experiences that don't fit the happy/meaningful box, but do add to increased wisdom in life.

I'm working on a blog post to be more coherent about this...

https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000317

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Oozenet,
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@jaap @academicchatter Paywalled 😐

madsejsing, to politicaltheory
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Calling fellow academics:

The book manuscript based on my dissertation has been waiting for review with one of the big UPs for more than a year now. The editor keeps saying that I'll get the reviews "next month", but nothing ever materialises. Is this normal?

I'm considering withdrawing the manuscript altogether, but I am afraid I might just end up in a similar loop at another press.

Any advice?

@academicchatter @sociology @politicalscience @politicaltheory

Oozenet,
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@madsejsing @academicchatter @sociology @politicalscience @politicaltheory At this point you should be asking yourself why you are persevering with publishing this way. What is more important, getting the information published so it can be useful or publishing it through a big UP to get career brownie points.

JustCodeCulture, to histodons
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A bit ironic given this is disseminated over the Internet...

The Internet would be far better if giant corporations didn't control platforms & endlessly surveille & profile & do so very unequally--to me that largely is a capitalism, governance & regulatory failure--power & control of infrastructure.

@histodons @sociology @anthropology #internet #web #networking #tech #technology #history

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/home-internet-landline-amazon-smartphone/676070/

Oozenet,
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@nazgul @curmudgeonaf @peterbrown @JustCodeCulture @histodons @sociology @anthropology So much research shows this! The Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory, yes that is a real thing, has been demonstrated to apply even when meatspace names are used. It is not the names but rather the remove from physical consequences that causes the problem.

radlschorsch, to random German
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Wo bleiben die Universitäten im Fediverse?

Warum betreiben Universitäten nicht schon längst eigene Mastodon-Instanzen?

Warum bekommen Studierende nicht mit der Immatrikulation auch einen Mastodon-Handle?

Warum hosten Universitäten Vorlesungsvideos nicht über PeerTube im Fediverse?

Es gibt einiges, das für ein stärkeres Engagement von Universitäten im Fediverse spricht.

Ein Aufruf den man nur unterstützen kann! #boost
#fediverse #university
https://netzpolitik.org/2023/aufruf-hochschulen-aller-laender-ins-fediverse/

Oozenet,
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@RichardShaw @srfirehorseart @radlschorsch @academicchatter @edutooters I have also noticed that the great bulk of academics who came here last November are gone.

Oozenet,
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@RichardShaw @srfirehorseart @radlschorsch @academicchatter @edutooters But then the great bulk of academics are busy destroying academia by means of the great publishing scam so I shouldn't be surprised.

Oozenet,
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@gpollara @RichardShaw @srfirehorseart @radlschorsch @academicchatter @edutooters Honestly if one is smart enough to be an academic the operation of Mastodon should not vex one.

Oozenet,
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@RichardShaw @srfirehorseart @radlschorsch @academicchatter @edutooters 100% agree. We are absolutely at that place where career advancement is more important to most academics than building a robust, ethics based, sustainable academic environment that nourishes students and staff. i.e. we are so fucked. But, don't feel like I am picking on academia, it is a society wide effect.

Oozenet,
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@juandesant @RichardShaw @srfirehorseart @radlschorsch @academicchatter @edutooters I'm religion, history, anthropology, sociology, archeology and IT. Only IT has remained steady.

Peternimmo, to theology
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A new book on , 'The Great Dechurching', has a survey of “dechurched ”, of whom 68% said their played a role in their decision to stop attending . The top 5 issues:

  1. Emphasis on (14%)
  2. Lack of , , ,# kindness, and (14%)
  3. Inability to (14%)
    4.Inability to engage with other (13%)
  4. Attitudes or actions to (13%)
    https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/great-dechurching-whos-leaving-why-are-they-going-and-what-will-it-take-to-bring-them-back-jim-davis?variant=40244991197262
    @theologidons @theology
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @Peternimmo @theologidons @theology That video is missing.

elmyra, to academicchatter
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Boosting this for @academicchatter: friends, a question: I've been asked to peer review a book manuscript and offered an "honorarium in books". I don't work for for profit companies for free so I'm not doing it. They have also asked me to recommend other potential reviewers if I can't do it. I'm on the fence as to whether to do that because, again, they'll be asking for free labour. What are your thoughts?

Oozenet,
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@elmyra @academicchatter Can one in good conscience offer to others a thing one would not do one's self?

luthien1126, to bookstodon
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Arsenic and Adobo is on sale on Amazon. Should I get the ebook?

Thinking of putting a pause on The Story of a Brief Marriage because I don't think I'm in the right headspace for such a heavy read.

@bookstodon

Oozenet,
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@luthien1126 @bookstodon Do you know that when Amazon puts books on sale they are stealing from the author? Authors get no say when there books will be listed as on sale. Amazon still get their cut but the author misses out.

danielmrose, to religion
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"For so long my practice of faith was marked by creating in groups and out groups. It started with “Believers” and “Non-believers”. Within the “Believers” there were the “Committed” and “Nominal”. Within the “Committed there were the “Faithful, Available, and Teachable” and their counterparts.

I certainly was not practicing religion. My practice of faith simply functioned to divide and separate.”

Read the rest…

https://write.as/danielmrose/the-way-of-reconnecting

@religion

Oozenet,
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@danielmrose @religion Monotheism is inherently in group based. If there is only one god then all the other ones are wrong. It is the exemplar of boolean division.

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@danielmrose @religion "The way of Jesus calls us to the practice of re-connection." I hope many Christians read this and just get this one thing.

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@danielmrose @religion I adore the passion that this piece is brimming with.

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@danielmrose @religion Love is great. But so is recognising the validity of the existence of other gods. Of acknowledging that their way is 100% as valid a way as the way of the god of Abraham. But the first commandment knocks that on the head.

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@danielmrose @religion It is absolutely possible. It seems a long way from that to thinking you have to evangelize the followers of other religions because they are wrong about the gods they have.

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@danielmrose @religion "Most importantly, give them the true service of your actions, rather than the false service of only saying words of belief. Walk the walk. Don’t just talk the talk."

https://ooze.net/dogmatic-religion/

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@danielmrose @religion 100% I wrote it. I didn't write it because of my disappointments with monotheism, but more in reaction to the groundswell of hurt I see every day from people who have been hurt, usually by American Christianity.

bibliolater, to philosophy
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Philosopher: Mindfulness rests on dubious philosophical foundations https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2023/philosopher-mindfulness-rests-on-dubious-philosophical-foundations/ @philosophy

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@bibliolater @philosophy That's because it's "a meditative practice developed over the last two millennia or so by Buddhist monks and nuns in south and southeast Asia. In its native habitat, it forms one part of a well-polished toolkit". Stripped of those other parts its dangerous.

https://www.ecosophia.net/the-flight-from-thinking/

danielmrose, to religion
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I wrote this today. I ask the question:

Could religion be good?

I’d love to hear your thoughts!

@religion @christianity @theology https://danielmrose.com/finding-my-religion

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@danielmrose @religion @christianity @theology If by religion you mean the concepts expressed by religions as desirable, then religion is always good. I'm yet to find a religion that has tenets that aren't founded on love. Religion has a bad name now because people don't live their religion, but rather package up their fears and prejudices and call that religion.

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@danielmrose @religion https://www.newsweek.com/evangelicals-rejecting-jesus-teachings-liberal-talking-points-pastor-1818706 Here is a classic example.

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@abolisyonista @academicchatter That's a good option. You have to include some mention of the dead name or no one is ever going to find the source.

bibliolater, to bookstodon
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What is the most distracting item in your life that stops you from more? @bookstodon

Oozenet,
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@bibliolater @bookstodon Pain.

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