tehan.bsky.social @tehan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I often think that the Principal of Charity would be invaluable for people to have productive discussions online (or generally) Unfortunately, social media generally reward doing the opposite of all of these with more engagement 011
tehan.bsky.social @tehan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I think of this 1930 poem so often. Of course it applies to more than british journalists. 0418
tehan.bsky.social @tehan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Reminded me of this photo of Adorno with Gretel Adorno touring a mine 250
tehan.bsky.social @tehan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A nice green photo of Knole Park, Sevenoaks they used there. This is what it actually looks like currently 031
tehan.bsky.social @tehan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Could you ever have imagined him saying the same of Corbyn despite him being more popular? 100
tehan.bsky.social @tehan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The closest one I can imagine, although I can't recall how deeply it gets into it shaping our modern politics 110
tehan.bsky.social @tehan.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Luke, I normally see you as a relatively unbiased figure but your attendance of the Jordan Peterson and Paul Marshall-founded ARC conference has caused me concern. What's your aim in speaking in the company of MAGA Christian evangelists, climate change deniers and Tufton Street lobbyists? 000
tehan.bsky.social @tehan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026You know what the ingredients she listed were accurate even if the quantities were insane. I guess the chili will just be under natural flavours or something 000
tehan.bsky.social @tehan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026AI defenders should not be allowed to make remarks without having first read McLuhan and Postman 0184
tehan.bsky.social @tehan.bsky.social · 05/01/2026More like "zombie economists" isn't it. I remember this article where she talks about raising income tax as though it wouldn't directly increase poverty, and which would incentivise rentier activity making productivity worse anyway, vs equalising CGT with income tax. 110
tehan.bsky.social @tehan.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Right so you either haven't read the Greens' Tax Policies or you're just ignoring them and pretending they only have a wealth tax? 170
tehan.bsky.social @tehan.bsky.social · 16/04/2025I wonder if this claim from Adorno is carried over into the neuropolitics book, or if it's left behind. I suspect the latter 040
tehan.bsky.social @tehan.bsky.social · 30/03/2025And the "long-term science fiction response" reminds me of the Abundance stuff making the rounds at the moment. Not that it's an intentional plan, but perhaps neoliberal thought dominates our patterns of thinking to the extent that these appears to be the only options 141
tehan.bsky.social @tehan.bsky.social · 30/03/2025God this passage feels especially pertinent now. Thanks for sharing 131
tehan.bsky.social @tehan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Lacks the methodology so pretty useless. The image attached is presumably where the Guardian headline comes from. Of course the report doesn't tell you to what extent other groups would collaborate with those who hold opposing views so no idea what statistic the headline is referring to. 010
tehan.bsky.social @tehan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025You only have to look at Umberto Eco's list and it's like, yeah it hits all of those 000
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Since the time of Quine, other philosophers[who?] have formulated at least four versions of the principle of charity. These alternatives may conflict with one another, so which principle to use may depend on the goal of the conversation. The four principles are:
The other uses words in the ordinary way;
The other makes true statements;
The other makes valid arguments;
The other says something interesting.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qd2qqv3gr73ca26vs2tfmhdc/bafkreif2j5nogpjobkbzxqr45smana5n34cf4rzqezjtaw225tp5pltwxy)
![[P]ersonality patterns that have been dismissed as ‘pathological’ because
they were not in keeping with the most common manifest trends or the
most dominant ideals within a society, have, on closer investigation,
turned out to be but exaggerations of what was almost universal below
the surface in that society. What is ‘pathological’ today may, with
changing social conditions, become the dominant trend of tomorrow.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qd2qqv3gr73ca26vs2tfmhdc/bafkreihugt5adhjkurdichqgcpds4gclwkjw6pealz2slhl3gwsrapzadi)
