Is it more closely related to the “deep state” or to “deep pockets “? Both?
Best, Michael via iPhone, so please ecuse misteaks. > On Apr 23, 2021, at 7:09 PM, Ted Byfield <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 23 Apr 2021, at 19:11, Molly Hankwitz wrote: > >> What is “Deep Humanities”? > > This seems like your basic Silly Valley 'branding' proposal powerpoint, right > down to the gobsmacking conceit that what they're doing is 'deep,' which > implies that what everyone else has been doing — like for the last century or > two (or twenty) — is shallow. Without fail the opposite is true, but there > are the words, right there in front of you, and they say the opposite, so > reading things like this always involves a fleeting doubt about who's insane, > you or the authors. > > The bullet points follow a formula, which is to toss out a potted definition > that might be at home in a catalog description for an intro-level undergrad > course, followed by an effort to make it relevant to tech bros. For example: > >>> Culture: not as a stable set of practices to be manipulated or overcome, >>> but as a dynamic site of struggle for meaning; as a form of “artificial >>> intelligence” that enhances and extends human intelligence and capabilities. > >>> Ethics: ethical ways of conceiving and connecting with the Other all its >>> planetary diversity; integrating ethics into STEM/STEM education, business, >>> politics, planning, and policy. > >>> Language/communication – communication/language in human/non-human; human >>> cognition/intelligence as well as AI and machine learning, including >>> notions of context, common sense, and critical thinking. > > I'm not *even* going to touch the one about "reality." > >>> At its most profound, Deep Humanities aims to bring our cumulative >>> accumulated knowledges about the practice of being human to engage the >>> urgent issues of our times. > > As opposed to all those shallow humanities. And, yes, I saw the thing about > "cumulative accumulated knowledges." > > I don't think the authors are insane. I sympathize with how difficult it must > be to teach humanities in a setting like San Jose, where everything, > everywhere, in every moment radiates the boundless, inbred naive confidence > of tech wealth and power. Even very strong people would need to make serious > accommodations to survive. This initiative seems like a product of those > accommodations. > > Cheers, > Ted > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected] > # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject: # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected] # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject:
