Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoThe Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing"hexbear.netimagemessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1158arrow-down1imageThe Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing"hexbear.netArthur Besse@lemmy.ml to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square58linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareSebrof [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·2 months agoOnce again, fuck the Economist. Fuck all economists
minus-squareDragonBallZinn [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 months agoEconomics is the one field I am proudly anti-intellectual about. Fuck the “economic experts”, smug out of touch elites.
minus-squareShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoThey’re intellectuals in the same way L Ron Hubbard was an intellectual, fucking sky palace-dwelling priests of the Hungry God
minus-squareshallot [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoPhD in fart huffing
minus-squaremrfugu [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 months agoEconomics and phrenology actually seems like a perfect match made in hell
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Once again, fuck the Economist.
Fuck all economists
Economics is the one field I am proudly anti-intellectual about. Fuck the “economic experts”, smug out of touch elites.
They’re intellectuals in the same way L Ron Hubbard was an intellectual, fucking sky palace-dwelling priests of the Hungry God
PhD in fart huffing
Economics and phrenology actually seems like a perfect match made in hell