Aimless Ramblings

E005 - Labels, names and heuristics

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Welcome to episode 5, where we discuss labels and their use in society.

 

Interesting and semi-useful resources:

 

  • One of my earlier videos which includes a discussion on Aristotle’s taxonomy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB_OqyxjNyc
  • De Plantis, one of the first scientific taxonomies: https://archive.org/details/deplantislibrixv00cesa/page/n4
  • CAS Registry explanation and site: https://web.archive.org/web/20080725010848/http://www.cas.org/expertise/cascontent/registry/regsys.html
  • My own videos on Daoism:
  • Laozi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFRU1MtUJ-8
  • Zhuangzi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUMy8FTN-As&t=4s
  • Alan Watt’s introduction to Daosim, https://www.amazon.com/Tao-Watercourse-Way-Alan-Watts/dp/0394733118/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Alan+Watts+The+Taoist+Way&qid=1574580097&s=books&sr=1-1
  • Shepard counting systems in Britain, https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/yan-tan-tethera-pethera-pimp-an-old-system-for-counting-sheep/
  • Different cultures see different colours: https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/sciencecommunication/2017/10/02/different-cultures-see-different-colours/
  • NPR: History of the use of the word ‘Racism,’ https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/01/05/260006815/the-ugly-fascinating-history-of-the-word-racism
  • Social Justice argument for Racism redefinition: http://www.dismantlingracism.org/racism-defined.html
  • Counter-argument to redefinition: https://areomagazine.com/2017/06/16/racism-does-not-equal-prejudice-power/
  • On being sane in insane places: http://www.bonkersinstitute.org/rosenhan.html
  • TED talk on trying to leave a gang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qkSMkiGWdg
  • The Atlantic: What’s Lost When Black Children Are Socialized Into a White World https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/11/how-black-mothers-prepare-their-children-school/599578/
  • Article on recent police shooting in NT, Australia in the context of structural disadvantage and accusations of racialisation in policing: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-16/yuendumu-police-shooting-charges-laid-against-zach-rolfe/11705986
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