#usefulness — Public Fediverse posts

A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Be polite and generous, but don’t undervalue yourself. You will be useful, at any rate; you may just as well be happy, while you are about it.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
Article (1861-04), “The Professor’s Story [Elsie Venner],” ch. 32, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 7, No. 42

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A quotation from Joseph Addison

Temperance and abstinence, faith and devotion, are in themselves perhaps as laudable as any other virtues; but those which make a man popular and beloved are justice, charity, munificence, and, in short, all the good qualities which render us beneficial to each other.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-12-08), The Spectator, No. 243

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A quotation from Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Let mine not be the saddest fate of all,
   To live beyond my greater self; to see
   My faculties decaying, as the tree
Stands stark and helpless while its green leaves fall.
   Let me hear rather the imperious call,
   Which all men dread, in my glad morning time,
And follow death ere I have reached my prime,
Or drunk the strengthening cordial of life’s gall.
The lightning’s stroke or the fierce tempest blast
   Which fells the green tree to the earth to-day
Is kinder than the calm that lets it last,
   Unhappy witness of its own decay.
   May no man ever look on me and say,
“She lives, but all her usefulness is past.”

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) American author, poet, temperance advocate, spiritualist
Poem (1882), “Uselessness,” Maurine and Other Poems (1882 ed.)

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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

That is why I decline to recognize the mere multimillionaire, the man of mere wealth, as an asset of value to any country, and especially as not an asset to my own country. If he has earned or uses his wealth in a way that makes him of real benefit, of real use — and such is often the case — why, then he does become an asset of worth. But it is the way in which it has been earned or used, and not the mere fact of wealth, that entitles him to the credit.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Speech (1910-04-23), “Citizenship in a Republic [The Man in the Arena],” Sorbonne, Paris

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In this study, we consider the actual crisis of #publictrust in the #scientificsystem as a symptom of its lack of
#sustainability and argue that #societalimpact should be measured and understood not
exclusively in terms of the #usefulness of science to solve complex social problems, but also in
terms of its capability to display and communicate its value to #differentaudiences.

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JD-12-2023-0252/full/html

#scholarlycommunication #sustainableimpact #argumentation #epistemicjustice #MariaLugones

In this study, we consider the actual crisis of #publictrust in the #scientificsystem as a symptom of its lack of
#sustainability and argue that #societalimpact should be measured and understood not
exclusively in terms of the #usefulness of science to solve complex social problems, but also in
terms of its capability to display and communicate its value to #differentaudiences.

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JD-12-2023-0252/full/html

#scholarlycommunication #sustainableimpact #argumentation #epistemicjustice #MariaLugones

In this study, we consider the actual crisis of #publictrust in the #scientificsystem as a symptom of its lack of
#sustainability and argue that #societalimpact should be measured and understood not
exclusively in terms of the #usefulness of science to solve complex social problems, but also in
terms of its capability to display and communicate its value to #differentaudiences.

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JD-12-2023-0252/full/html

#scholarlycommunication #sustainableimpact #argumentation #epistemicjustice #MariaLugones

In this study, we consider the actual crisis of #publictrust in the #scientificsystem as a symptom of its lack of
#sustainability and argue that #societalimpact should be measured and understood not
exclusively in terms of the #usefulness of science to solve complex social problems, but also in
terms of its capability to display and communicate its value to #differentaudiences.

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JD-12-2023-0252/full/html

#scholarlycommunication #sustainableimpact #argumentation #epistemicjustice #MariaLugones

In this study, we consider the actual crisis of #publictrust in the #scientificsystem as a symptom of its lack of
#sustainability and argue that #societalimpact should be measured and understood not
exclusively in terms of the #usefulness of science to solve complex social problems, but also in
terms of its capability to display and communicate its value to #differentaudiences.

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JD-12-2023-0252/full/html

#scholarlycommunication #sustainableimpact #argumentation #epistemicjustice #MariaLugones

Advantages and Disadvantages of Remote Sensing - Understanding the Limits of a Powerful Technology
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https://skywatch.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-remote-sensing-understanding-the-limits-of-a-powerful-technology/ <-- shared technical article / opinion piece
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Excellent points, which is why I shared - but one they kind of missed was misinterpretation... it is a natural system, so the algorithms and process to take EA data and interpret necessarily can never be 100% perfect, and nor should they be expected to be. Ground truthing and other checks & balances are a crucial part of any such interpretation.
[This post is not considered an endorsement of this specific company]
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #advantages #disadvantages #opinionpiece #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #alldataisspatial #effectiveness #blackbox #tool #appliedscience #interpretation #limitations #challenges #usefulness #value #roi