Weekly Digest #102
Something for the weekend:
‘By reconstructing the history of ideas about everyday-life values, and by analysing the role of such values in contemporary care practices for patients with chronic disease in the Netherlands, Reinventing the Good Life explores new ways to study the values of everyday life, particularly in situations where the achievement of a clear cut or uniform good is unlikely’ Link
With and after the Inquiry: How Do We Pragmatically Move from the Moderns to the Contemporaries? and this
Home is where the heart is: Philosophy has neglected the domestic sphere
Antiracist welfarism: A governmentality study of Norwegian state antiracism
‘…there are no labor shortcuts for caring, in and of itself, no stretching a little bit of intentionality to provide focused attention across some ever increasing population. Care doesn’t scale; cruelty does. You can’t automate your way around the infinite obligation to the other’ Link
An intersectional critique of nursing's efforts at organizing
Critical posthumanism: A double-edged sword for advancing nursing knowledge in planetary health
AI: A Means to an End or a Means to Our End? (from Stephen Fry)
Scores of papers by a prominent neuroscientist and top NIH official fall under suspicion
‘Most mishaps in bull riding occur when a cowboy hits the ground, but competitors can also be thrown into the sides of the arena, pushed against the walls of the chute while they wait to compete, or kicked or trampled by the bulls. These last are the injuries most likely to be fatal. By the end of each season, almost every participant has experienced some degree of strain, sprain, or concussion’ Link
‘Making it Easy to Do Hard Things’: How experts help novices perceive craft as accessible