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[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I've had dinner with gangsters and murderers.

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (9 children)

There's better criticisms of Pinker.

I don't like guilt by association.

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I've been avoiding most internet because I have no temptation to hear the opinions of idiots.

Two people who aren't Ukrainian, don't speak Ukrainian, have never read a book about Ukraine trying to make their opinion on Ukraine win an argument? No thanks, not my choice of pastime.

Maybe I'm part of a trend? People have seen through the slapfights and are ready for something else?

I want to learn from experts, not tabloid comment-sections. e.g. this is good content - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhn3ssSH4nY - look at her CV, she has a right to speak.

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably Cybernetics by Wiener is the basic text?

 

What should I read to understand how to build and verify a cybernetically valid system? (e.g. cybernetically valid planned economy)

I understand that production needs to be controlled, and that the decision-making needs to be linked to the front-line workers (because they have eyeballs on the reality of the work). And it's a design-error if decisions are made removed from work, because the controller doesn't have first-hand knowledge.

But I don't understand how to describe that in formal terms. Is there a list of all possible system-design-errors? Is there a methodology/checklist for confirming if me mum is cybernetically valid?

Is there a textbook on all this?

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The hole in this theory is that the lyrics are very clearly about taking a flight back there.

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I know that it’s a myth that Chinese products are shit quality

There's lots of shit-quality Chinese products mate

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 9 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Your obsession with the USA is a bit embarrassing

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Reddit is nothing without anonymity.

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

Seems like a good time to short

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

'Better to ask for forgiveness than permission' attitude.

Shoshana Zuboff documents how Big Tech works this way. They do lots of illegal products like Google Streetview, then pay the fines and keept he product.

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

They've only arrested two of them; not sure they can find the other guy.

 

Isn't it supposed to limit trade barriers between member-countries?

 

and Aldous Huxley died while on LSD

Fun day.

Also, I learned that Doctor Who is considered a single TV series that has run for 60 years, not a bunch of remakes. (That might be common knowledge, I've never watched it.)

 

I'm back on top of the managing this now: no more midweek posting: readings will be posted Sundays ready for the week.

We are almost finished Volume 1. You could even skip the appendices if you want. The 33% of the three volumes completed corresponds to the way we're about 33% of the way through the year.

Explain the bookclub: We are reading Volumes 1, 2, and 3 in one year and discussing it in weekly threads. (Volume IV, often published under the title Theories of Surplus Value, will not be included in this particular reading club, but comrades are encouraged to do other solo and collaborative reading.) This bookclub will repeat yearly. The three volumes in a year works out to about 6½ pages a day for a year, 46⅔ pages a week.

I'll post the readings at the start of each week and @mention anybody interested. Let me know if you want to be added or removed.


Just joining us? You can use the archives below to help you reading up to where the group is. There is another reading group on a different schedule at https://lemmygrad.ml/c/genzhou (federated at !genzhou@lemmygrad.ml ) which may fit your schedule better. The idea is for the bookclub to repeat annually, so there's always next year.

Archives: Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13Week 14Week 15 – [Week 16](https://hexbear.net/post/2338512]


Week 17, April 22-28. From Vol. 1, we are reading Chapter 32, Chapter 33, Appendix I (Commodities as the Product of Capital), and Appendix II (Capitalist Production as the Production of Surplus-Value)


Discuss the week's reading in the comments.


Use any translation/edition you like. Marxists.org has the Moore and Aveling translation in various file formats including epub and PDF: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/

Ben Fowkes translation, PDF: http://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=9C4A100BD61BB2DB9BE26773E4DBC5D

AernaLingus says: I noticed that the linked copy of the Fowkes translation doesn't have bookmarks, so I took the liberty of adding them myself. You can either download my version with the bookmarks added, or if you're a bit paranoid (can't blame ya) and don't mind some light command line work you can use the same simple script that I did with my formatted plaintext bookmarks to take the PDF from libgen and add the bookmarks yourself.

Audiobook of Ben Fowkes translation, American accent, male, links are to alternative invidious instances: 123456789


Resources

(These are not expected reading, these are here to help you if you so choose)

 

We are reading Volumes 1, 2, and 3 in one year. This will repeat yearly until communism is achieved. (Volume IV, often published under the title Theories of Surplus Value, will not be included, but comrades are welcome to set up other bookclubs.) This works out to about 6½ pages a day for a year, 46 pages a week.

I'll post the readings at the start of each week and @mention anybody interested.

Week 1, Jan 1-7, we are reading Volume 1, Chapter 1 'The Commodity'

Discuss the week's reading in the comments.

Use any translation/edition you like. Marxists.org has the Moore and Aveling translation in various file formats including epub and PDF: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/

Ben Fowkes translation, PDF: http://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=9C4A100BD61BB2DB9BE26773E4DBC5D

AernaLingus says: I noticed that the linked copy of the Fowkes translation doesn't have bookmarks, so I took the liberty of adding them myself. You can either download my version with the bookmarks added, or if you're a bit paranoid (can't blame ya) and don't mind some light command line work you can use the same simple script that I did with my formatted plaintext bookmarks to take the PDF from libgen and add the bookmarks yourself.


Resources

(These are not expected reading, these are here to help you if you so choose)


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