Some claim we can be aware of our own outrage and biases through careful introspection. I disagree that this introspection option isn't simply unavailable; there's nothing to inspect – the folly of psychology.
👉 https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/whose-outrage-is-it-anyway
#philosophy #morality #psychology #sociology #anthropology #awareness #introspection

controversial opinion (at least here):

People and actions like this clearly need to be dealt with. But ofc we need light on government abuses as well.

I am starting to think that there should be a higher emphasis on sousveillance and a lower emphasis on privacy as an absolute right.

*Sous*veillance is everyone watching everyone, as opposed to *sur*veillance which is police etc watching everyone but not being watched themselves.

Thoughts?

#politics #sociology #privacy #sousveillance

What's real, reality, and other such questions?
https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/real-reality-ontology-ontic-a-coordinating
#philosophy #language #ontology #reality #real #sociology #words #concepts #definitions #blog #substack #spotify #podcast #video

Reading The Social Construction of Reality:
A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge
https://philosophics.blog/2026/07/17/the-social-construction-of-reality-a-treatise-in-the-sociology-of-knowledge/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
#philosophy #knowledge #sociology #audiobook #Audible #reading

Is it bad chat if 3/4 of the people I pass going up the street are staring at their phones #Sociology #Civics #CivilSociety #Toronto

"The appeal of dog neuroscience is not limited to understanding their adolescence, indeed it kicks in as soon as you take a new puppy home." —William Davies for The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/25/what-training-my-chaotic-dog-taught-me-about-power-control-and-human-beings/?src=longreads

#longreads #dogs #dogtraining #sociology #control #reading #writing

https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v8i2.2853

I remember a legislative hearing where the congress discussed the need for YouTube to censor all content that questions the veracity of heliocentrism and space programs. Perhaps this paper is following that trend?

#Censorship #FlatEarth #Cosmology #Globalism #Theology #Sociology #FreudianProjection