Comments on: Mel Gibson and Social Category Bias http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/04/13/mel-gibson-and-social-category-bias/ Economics of organizations, strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and more Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:32:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Bruno http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/04/13/mel-gibson-and-social-category-bias/#comment-70060 Bruno Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:37:02 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/04/13/mel-gibson-and-social-category-bias/#comment-70060 Twofish: Lovely comment. As someone who considers himself a cultural liberal (sorry Peter! ;-), I can say have run into such misconceptions many times. Why? because I am pro-gun control but not pro-abortion, critical of US and European colonial and post-colonial policies, but at the same time extremely critical of post-colonial societies themselves. I am very spiritual but sort of scoff at my "overly green" acquaintances (sort of, I try not to be too judgmental). I believe in socialism but am not anti-business. I admire the Cuban revolution but abhor the lack of liberties in Cuba. Need I say more? Nobody understands me ha ha ha ... Twofish: Lovely comment.
As someone who considers himself a cultural liberal (sorry Peter! ;-), I can say have run into such misconceptions many times. Why? because I am pro-gun control but not pro-abortion, critical of US and European colonial and post-colonial policies, but at the same time extremely critical of post-colonial societies themselves. I am very spiritual but sort of scoff at my “overly green” acquaintances (sort of, I try not to be too judgmental). I believe in socialism but am not anti-business. I admire the Cuban revolution but abhor the lack of liberties in Cuba. Need I say more? Nobody understands me ha ha ha …

]]> By: Alex http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/04/13/mel-gibson-and-social-category-bias/#comment-69993 Alex Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:07:51 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/04/13/mel-gibson-and-social-category-bias/#comment-69993 I can not see how it relates to libertarian paternalism. I can not see how it relates to libertarian paternalism.

]]> By: twofish http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/04/13/mel-gibson-and-social-category-bias/#comment-17464 twofish Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:53:05 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/04/13/mel-gibson-and-social-category-bias/#comment-17464 This gets even worse when you are dealing with different societies and cultures. The "bundle of opinions" someone has in another part of the world could be very different than in the United States, and projecting one's bundles onto someone else can lead to problems (the classic bundle is democratic reformer versus dictatorial hard liner). Bad bundles is also responsible for the confusion over whether China is a "friend" or "enemy" when in fact the answer is that the question doesn't make sense. However, that gives you one good thing about looking at another cultural context in that it allows one to question the bundles that one has. For example, socialism is defined as a system of non-market central planning and state ownership of property. These two are "bundled" together for odd historical reasons, but they don't have to be. The bundle also applies to categorization of disciplines. The fact that I'm interested in both law and physics makes no sense with the categorization of knowledge used in Western universities, but it makes sense if you look at the Chinese parts of my intellectual background. The fact that law, economics, and physics are considered separate disciplines has to do a lot with the class structure of 18th century England and the results of the English Revolution. Basically in 19th century England, physicists didn't become lawyers, whereas in 19th century China, they did. This gets even worse when you are dealing with different societies and cultures. The “bundle of opinions” someone has in another part of the world could be very different than in the United States, and projecting one’s bundles onto someone else can lead to problems (the classic bundle is democratic reformer versus dictatorial hard liner). Bad bundles is also responsible for the confusion over whether China is a “friend” or “enemy” when in fact the answer is that the question doesn’t make sense.

However, that gives you one good thing about looking at another cultural context in that it allows one to question the bundles that one has. For example, socialism is defined as a system of non-market central planning and state ownership of property. These two are “bundled” together for odd historical reasons, but they don’t have to be.

The bundle also applies to categorization of disciplines. The fact that I’m interested in both law and physics makes no sense with the categorization of knowledge used in Western universities, but it makes sense if you look at the Chinese parts of my intellectual background. The fact that law, economics, and physics are considered separate disciplines has to do a lot with the class structure of 18th century England and the results of the English Revolution. Basically in 19th century England, physicists didn’t become lawyers, whereas in 19th century China, they did.

]]> By: Chihmao Hsieh http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/04/13/mel-gibson-and-social-category-bias/#comment-17212 Chihmao Hsieh Sun, 15 Apr 2007 03:37:59 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/04/13/mel-gibson-and-social-category-bias/#comment-17212 It's apparently also currently useful in terms of prime time television ad revenue: http://www.nbc.com/Identity/ I haven't seen the show yet, and I'm not sure whether I want to... It’s apparently also currently useful in terms of prime time television ad revenue:

http://www.nbc.com/Identity/

I haven’t seen the show yet, and I’m not sure whether I want to…

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