Politics

32nd ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT ‘21)

Reconstructing Ireland’s Lost History through the Beyond 2022 Project

Aims to create a virtual 3-D reconstruction of the “Record Treasury” of the Public Record Office of Ireland in Dublin. The original one was destroyed in Ireland’s Civil War of 1922. Reassembling will use copies, transcripts and records scattered among archival partners.

#digital-humanities

1. Why People Are Irrational About Politics. Michael Huemer. Philosophy, Politics and Economics. 2015.

Salient features of political disagreements: widespread (many people disagree on many issues), strong conviction/confidence, and persistent (difficult to resolve).

Political Disputes Are Not Explained by Miscalculation or Ignorance

Miscalculation Theory: Political issues are difficult and partisans make mistakes in their reasoning.

1. Why People Are Irrational About Politics. Michael Huemer. Philosophy, Politics and Economics. 2015.

Salient features of political disagreements: widespread (many people disagree on many issues), strong conviction/confidence, and persistent (difficult to resolve).

Political Disputes Are Not Explained by Miscalculation or Ignorance

Miscalculation Theory: Political issues are difficult and partisans make mistakes in their reasoning.

Incomplete List of Information Privacy Properties

• Control/consent, e.g. Cambridge Analytica exfiltrating FB users’ data

• Anonymity, e.g. Snowden leaking NSA docs without revealing his identity

• Limits on data collection, e.g. laws restricting government surveillance

• Limits on data use, e.g. US Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008