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#dataism — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #dataism, aggregated by home.social.

  1. When faith in numbers replaces thought, tyranny no longer needs a face—just a dashboard.
    My latest Philosophics post examines the ontological and epistemological rot beneath our obsession with data, “velocity,” and efficiency.
    🧠 The Seduction of the Spreadsheet → philosophics.blog/2025/10/26/t

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  2. This 2022 post relating #dataism and #universityrankings to the #mentalhealth of students and teaching staff is well worth a reread. openpresstiu.pubpub.org/pub/be. Need to explore the recent (empirical) research on the topic.