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Gamification Is Exploitation
Gamification Is Exploitation The trend of gamification — applying elements of game play to other areas of life — is the apex of the neoliberal fantasy, rendering both work and our leisure time outside of it into a series of games that we supposedly enjoy playing for their own sake. Gamification is interested far less in affirming our ludic capacities than it is in exploiting the habit-forming and addictive mechanisms of our minds.
Overland literary journal
The phrase artificial intelligence is a profoundly ideological way to characterise automation technologies. It is an expression of the general tendency to discuss technologies as though they were ‘powerful’ in and of themselves—as if power weren’t a relative measure of the different capacities and prerogatives of social classes.
Overland literary journal
Fembots, sexbots, killerbots, chatbots: all these and more are the subject of Tracey Spicer’s latest book Man Made: How the bias of the past is being built into the future. But while the book offers an overview of the problem just as AI dominates the news, its critical analysis falls short.
The Most Strategic Mission Field
This article is part of our Evangelism at Work series. In Part 2, we discuss the ‘how’: How can Christians who do not have the gift of evangelism effectively bring the gospel into their workplace? In Part 3 of this series, we will examine factors that create wise communication and identify both appropriate and inappropriate times to talk about faith in the workplace.
Tonight It’s a World We Bury: Black Metal, Red Politics
Tonight It’s a World We Bury is a radical re-writing of the history and politics of black metal music. Challenging the commonly-held perception that black metal is a genre of the right — full of wannabe Vikings, Nazis, skinheads and other unsavoury characters — Tonight It’s a World We Bury looks at an array of black metal artists to re-affirm the genre as radically anticapitalist, revolutionary and left-wing.
A Defense of Offensive Jokes
In a paper published in 1940, anthropologist Alfred Radcliffe-Brown theorized something that he called the “joking relationship”: a relationship “between two persons in which one is by custom permitted, and in some instances required, to tease or make fun of the other, who in turn is required to take no offense.” As anthropology in the early 20th century was primarily a comparative social science, Radcliffe-Brown noted the existence of this relationship in a variety of cultures around the...
Discover Why RG LeTourneau Gave 90 Percent
LeTourneau was one of the more unlikely leaders of 20th century industry. From humble beginnings and a 7th grade education, he taught himself engineering and eventually built a manufacturing empire. His earth-moving machines helped win WWII and construct the highway infrastructure of modern America. By the end of his life he held more than 300 patents. He had also become one of the leading spokespersons in the lay-led faith and work movement.
Seven Days of Prayer for the Workplace
I reconnected with Chris Jordan a while ago, founder and “Chief Steward” of Electro Acoustics in Fort Worth. Chris is passionate about creating audio and visual perfection in landmark venues across Texas. He’s also passionate about building a business that glorifies God.
Southwest Airlines’ Legendary Corporate Culture | An Interview with Dave Ridley
During his 27-year career at Southwest Airlines, Dave Ridley has served as SVP Chief Marketing Officer; SVP People and Leadership Development; SVP Business Development; and VP of Ground (Airport) Operations. Dave retired earlier this year but he retains an office at Southwest and serves as Senior Advisor to the CEO.
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