context is in reply to op, this is the lexi. basically i made a script that takes my export from goodreads, makes an open-library api request to get the ID they use, and then auto make the records
context: raw dogged a buncha record creation and one of them was borked and it was gonna be annoying to find but pdsls makes its rly ez to find and delete :)
oh yea for sure - that analysis and critique is essential for understanding the ways in which the medium of expression molds consciousness
it’s so neat when we’re the same person diza :)
tho i’ll say that these aren’t absolute institutions, and the ideas in folks have impose their own limits on what institutions are possible. there is wiggle room there and i don’t think it’s unreasonable to attempt to cultivate that
defi a lot of contributing factors (incl. what you’ve mentioned)
but at the end of the day i think it comes down to ye olde boogeyman, liberalism.
there is a core notion of consensus as both a regulative ideal and something that actually exists. combined with a
public/private divide,
where conflict can be relegated to separate sphere, disruption of the latter is frowned upon.
just seems like a boring outgrowth of the lack of recognition of the conflict-ridden and political nature of the everyday
haha this is defi true but idk at what point i get to throw up my hands and say I HATE YOU ALL, STOP BEING CRINGE. like at that point it’s a much broader issue than platform design i think
the schismogenisis bit isn’t rly the important part in this case, it’s more the observation that a range of superstructure is possible despite the similar base