Prof of Sociology, @warwickuni. Founder of Social Epistemology and Author of Humanity 2.0 and Post Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game
University of Warwick
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My new book is 'Media and the Power of Knowledge'. It is partly based on lectures I've given over the last 15 years. It updates McLuhan for the age of @X: futurespodcast.net/events/me…
You may well be the best in your field but not in the best institution because institutions need to limit their liabilities. And all pursuits of excellence carry costs that others may not wish to bear.
Klopp certainly brings a level of seriousness to the evaluation of football that would qualify it as an artform.
🚨 jurgen klopp on Harry Kane winning the 3026 Ballon D’or over Mbappe and Lamine Yamal.
🎙️reporter: jurgen klopp, harry kane winning the ballon d’or over kylian mbappé,what’s your reaction?
🗣️ klopp: honestly? this is becoming a joke. if mbappé loses the ballon d’or to harry kane, people have every right to question what this award has become. we are talking about kylian mbappé, a player who can destroy an entire defence in seconds, change the biggest games and make the impossible look normal.
🎙️reporter: so you believe kane doesn’t deserve it?
🗣️ klopp: i’m not saying harry kane is a bad player. he is an incredible striker. but are we seriously going to pretend that scoring goals is the only thing that matters? mbappé brings fear into every stadium he walks into. defenders change their entire game plan because of him. you cannot tell me that kind of impact means nothing.
🎙️reporter: some fans will say you’re just disrespecting kane.
🗣️ klopp: disrespecting kane? no! i’m questioning the award. because if mbappé does everything a generational superstar is expected to do and still loses, then what exactly are we rewarding? popularity? narratives? a good season on paper?
🎙️reporter: final message to the ballon d’or voters?
🗣️ klopp: if harry kane wins, congratulations to him. but don’t come back next year telling us the ballon d’or is the ultimate measure of greatness. because when the biggest names in football start questioning the credibility of the award, you cannot keep pretending everything is fine. the ballon d’or is supposed to reward the best player in the world, not create the biggest argument on the internet.
Because only Luther took seriously the idea that Protestantism could 'reform' Catholicism. All the other Protestants realized that a different social model for Christianity was needed.
An article -- if not a book -- could be written about this video. We're definitely dealing with a new artform.
This sort of ranking is misleading if you don't know (at least) the distance between the positions. Also, some of the positions are alphabetically arranged, which suggests that they might in fact be in the same position. And then there's the more general issue of criteria...
Free and Fair Elections Index 2025
1. Belgium🇧🇪
2. Norway🇳🇴
3. Australia🇦🇺
4. Denmark🇩🇰
5. Finland🇫🇮
6. Germany🇩🇪
7. Chile🇨🇱
8. Spain🇪🇸
9. Netherlands🇳🇱
10. New Zealand🇳🇿
11. Estonia🇪🇪
12. Uruguay🇺🇾
13. Ireland🇮🇪
14. Sweden🇸🇪
15. Italy🇮🇹
16. Greece🇬🇷
17. Luxembourg🇱🇺
18. Costa Rica🇨🇷
19. Canada🇨🇦
20. Switzerland🇨🇭
21. France🇫🇷
22. Czechia🇨🇿
23. Portugal🇵🇹
24. Taiwan🇹🇼
25. Austria🇦🇹
26. Slovakia🇸🇰
27. Japan🇯🇵
28. Korea🇰🇷
29. Iceland🇮🇸
30. UK🇬🇧
31. Latvia🇱🇻
32. Slovenia🇸🇮
34. Cyprus🇨🇾
35. Malta🇲🇹
36. USA🇺🇸
39. Lithuania🇱🇹
40. Argentina🇦🇷
41. Barbados🇧🇧
42. Croatia🇭🇷
43. Israel🇮🇱
45. Bhutan🇧🇹
46. Mauritius🇲🇺
48. Peru🇵🇪
51. South Africa🇿🇦
52. Panama🇵🇦
53. Brazil🇧🇷
54. Cape Verde🇨🇻
55. Ecuador🇪🇨
56. Poland🇵🇱
57. Botswana🇧🇼
58. Lesotho🇱🇸
59. Singapore🇸🇬
60. Gambia🇬🇲
61. Dominican Republic🇩🇴
62. Bolivia🇧🇴
63. Colombia🇨🇴
66. Ghana🇬🇭
67. North Macedonia🇲🇰
68. Senegal🇸🇳
69. Kosovo🇽🇰
70. Nepal🇳🇵
71. Oman🇴🇲
72. Armenia🇦🇲
73. Guatemala🇬🇹
74. Moldova🇲🇩
75. Romania🇷🇴
76. Maldives🇲🇻
77. Bulgaria🇧🇬
78. Benin🇧🇯
79. Paraguay🇵🇾
80. Montenegro🇲🇪
81. Namibia🇳🇦
82. Ukraine🇺🇦
83. Malaysia🇲🇾
84. Hungary🇭🇺
85. Malawi🇲🇼
86. Liberia🇱🇷
87. Jordan🇯🇴
89. Mongolia🇲🇳
90. Mexico🇲🇽
91. UAE🇦🇪
92. Fiji🇫🇯
93. Vietnam🇻🇳
94. Indonesia🇮🇩
95. Bosnia and Herzegovina🇧🇦
96. India🇮🇳
97. Kenya🇰🇪
98. Guyana🇬🇾
99. Albania🇦🇱
100. Zambia🇿🇲
101. Thailand🇹🇭
102. Morocco🇲🇦
103. Tunisia🇹🇳
104. Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬
105. Türkiye🇹🇷
106. Eswatini🇸🇿
107. Iraq🇮🇶
108. Tanzania🇹🇿
109. Nigeria🇳🇬
110. Honduras🇭🇳
111. Kazakhstan🇰🇿
112. Côte d’Ivoire🇨🇮
113. Ethiopia🇪🇹
114. Georgia🇬🇪
115. Sierra Leone🇸🇱
116. Togo🇹🇬
117. El Salvador🇸🇻
118. Algeria🇩🇿
119. Lebanon🇱🇧
120. Uzbekistan🇺🇿
121. Cuba🇨🇺
122. Angola🇦🇴
123. Mauritania🇲🇷
124. Hong Kong🇭🇰
125. Bahrain🇧🇭
126. Philippines🇵🇭
127. Papua New Guinea🇵🇬
128. Laos🇱🇦
129. Iran🇮🇷
130. Rwanda🇷🇼
131. Serbia🇷🇸
132. Belarus🇧🇾
133. Gabon🇬🇦
134. Madagascar🇲🇬
135. Comoros🇰🇲
136. Congo, Dem. Rep.🇨🇩
137. Pakistan🇵🇰
138. Zimbabwe🇿🇼
139. Djibouti🇩🇯
141. Egypt🇪🇬
142. Nicaragua🇳🇮
143. Russia🇷🇺
144. Uganda🇺🇬
146. North Korea🇰🇵
147. Cameroon🇨🇲
148. Azerbaijan🇦🇿
149. Burundi🇧🇮
150. Tajikistan🇹🇯
151. Cambodia🇰🇭
152. Mozambique🇲🇿
153. Chad🇹🇩
156. Turkmenistan🇹🇲
157. Venezuela🇻🇪
158. Afghanistan🇦🇫
159. Bangladesh🇧🇩
160. Burkina Faso🇧🇫
161. China🇨🇳
162. Eritrea🇪🇷
163. Guinea🇬🇳
165. Haiti🇭🇹
166. Kuwait🇰🇼
167. Libya🇱🇾
168. Mali🇲🇱
169. Myanmar🇲🇲
170. Niger🇳🇪
171. Palestine🇵🇸
172. Qatar🇶🇦
173. Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
174. Somalia🇸🇴
175. South Sudan🇸🇸
176. Sudan🇸🇩
177. Syria🇸🇾
178. Yemen🇾🇪
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@ProfSteveFuller is a visionary sociological theorist of the Up Wing, inspired my politics and research as I pursued my Master of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, specializing in Environmental, Energy and Technology Policy. Grateful for his black sky thinking! 🌌
You can't really learn from art, if you fixate on what has been done. You always need to focus on how it was done. The reason we don't normally consider science an 'art' is that scientists don't want us to think about how it was done. Ask the pioneers of #STS.
When the absurdity of politics descends to a level that comedy can rise to, the result actually works.
A clever conceit, since some non-Americans do default to the US when they think about 'society'. But of course, he meant the exact opposite -- namely, that the rest of the world is catching up.
As people learn how many times great buildings have had to be repaired due to damage of all sorts, it becomes easier to attack them. One of the unintended consequences of knowledge: less idolatry.
This morning I've been listening to her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_…. The closest UK equivalent: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_…. Both very good.
A fully securitized democracy is a chimera. Any 'democratic education' should place risk intelligence front and centre. I recommend this introduction: amazon.co.uk/s?k=risk+intell…
The most obnoxious thing about people who interrupt you by saying 'you must be busy' is that they think that I'm already dealing with requests like theirs. No, I'm simply doing my own thing.