May 23, 2024 Editors' notes
Study suggests less conformity leads to more innovation by Complexity Science Hub
"..."When different people come together, given they have no bad intentions, new ideas emerge, which can foster innovation and contribute to economic prosperity," explains Dirk Helbing, who is an external faculty member at the Complexity Science Hub and a professor at ETH Zurich. Therefore, maintaining or even promoting socio-diversity plays a significant role. But how can this be achieved?
In a study recently published in the Journal of the Royal Society Open Science, Helbing and his colleague found evidence that socio-diversity is lower in centralized social networks, where a few key figures are connected with a lot of people..."
@tojiro
Growing up in Canada, nobody said Y'all. For me it was culturally coded as uneducated redneck, so to speak.
Then I took a grad course in formal languages and mathematical logic. The TA was from Texas and said Y'all and "alls ya gotta do" a lot. It was jarring and reset my biases.
(Also, "red neck" comes from working outside, which is often grueling and skilled work!)
#Democracy is on life support, #DEI brought more equality, but now many programs are gone bc of Republican white nationalists in govt.
Leaders from all of TX’s 7 univ. systems said they've closed multicultural offices, fired or reassigned DEI staff & stopped requiring diversity statements, or letters in which job candidates in academia share their previous efforts to promote diverse learning spaces & help students of all backgrounds succeed.
"DEI in STEMM is an element of its excellence. It encompasses issues beyond race and ethnicity, including those of gender, disability, and other aspects of identity that have historically been used to constrict opportunities. STEMM should ideally benefit all of society."
"Sehr geehrte Dame, sehr geehrter Herr" als Anrede der Wahlbenachrichtigung ist jetzt vielleicht etwas antiquiert, aber in #Berlin sind wir ja schon froh, wenn die Wahl nicht wiederholt werden muss.
@larsmb sehr geehrtes Wahlvieh. Wie laden Sie mal wieder dazu ein Ihre Zeit mit dem Wahlvorgang zu verschwenden nur damit wir dank Lobbyismus und Zu alten Wählergruppen dann sowieso was anderes machen als wir versprochen haben.
Vielen Dank.