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HOW METRICS / COUNTING NUMBERS / SYSTEMS OF MEASUREMENT FAIL HUMANS

(ALMOST HIDING DATA / PARTIALLY REVEALING)

YouTube views as an example here.

YouTube counts how many people viewed a video or is it just counting the video's visits to the page? It's maybe unclear so this is part of a problem / question

- did they actually watch any of the video?
- did they just open and close tab?
- was it most likely a fly-by / mistake?

These would all drastically discount the page visit or video watching number.

So to conclude the number is nice for a number count- but what it's counting (all the uses) IS NOT... showing for metrics to be worth you really need lots more metrics else it's misleading... (which opens up doors to manipulation / scams / misleading numbers)
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SUMMARY
So imagine metrics were clearer and showed
- the visits where someone open closed within 30secs
- video watched %'s (like did they watch only from middle to end and not start?

Arguably this is more of a page hit counter* and while it might not suggest it's a 'video watched' counter you can see there is responsibility ON BOTH SIDES to consider what the conditions and cases to increment pages are -
- and could mean far less YouTube numbers from people clicking this video instead of that.. or looking for a particular version of a video for "Gangsta's Paradise" or anything with many versions- you might click all fo them and +1 many pages without actually watching !

So unless there is further clever metrics (perhaps even clever metrics for socially important data) then it's misleading and doesn't show if people stuck around more than 10seconds /
how long user watched for and what we as users could check to answer "how many people watched 80% consistently?")

Instead we just have numbers which almost hide these metrics and this is the danger if it's money, politics or anything measured but doesn't measure the cases or conditions (and even doesn't want to by those funneling stats deliberately only in some semi-transparent ways like this youtube example where 100% FOR SURE every video has a BIG dropout count but still counts as 'viewed' or 'seen' or 'watched' when it's TOTALLY NOT)
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CONCLUSION
-Numbers are misleading and while it depends how serious you are it means metrics can be taken less seriously,
-Metrics often demands FULL ACCESS OR TRANSPARENCY or some infinite sub-measurements in order to be seen properly from different angles and filters (and which would probably defeat the whole reasoning why to measure). Even if YouTube was a bit clever and waiting to see if user was still watching after 30seconds then you get into "what constitutes watching properly a video, 50%, 80%, 100%?)
- For humans our brain sometimes does better to reason things ourselves so for YouTube video "who cares" if 20% of the video counter is NOT from proper views- but for life these numbers obviously count much more!

A combination is probably best but I feel it's way more manipulation by industry and bosses to look at numbers and not reality of sub cases and a kind of fascism to not care or only care for number / order / standards / progress etc.

#fascism #metrics #misleading #counting #bad #empty #numbers

YOUTUBE VIDEO TIP

You can play any video as audio only.

Just add to youtube url:
&listen=true

For example:

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=8_wpcmpPhZ4&listen=true <---- add this part

Helps for listening or minimizing distraction during presentations.

Technical Reasons:
- save bandwidth
- less disposable bits (when you close bits disappear)
- save processing power / heat generation

WHY I SAY THIS?
The example video shows just a face who doesn't have much expression or animation so it makes sense after having a look initially to switch to audio or if your browser is slow with many videos open or buggy just reduce demand overall.

QUOTE

"It's easier to get into a war than out of one."

- Bernie Sanders

He called for caution on the Syrian Civil War saying the above.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders

DO YOU HAVE WEBSPACE?

I'M LOOKING FOR WEBSPACE

THANKS -

Here is current:
http://freeschool.0id.org/?s=audio

#looking #for #webspace

MAN-MADE IMBALANCE

(SO AN AUDIO SAYING FOR ME THAT EVEN IF HUMANS HAD A CHOICE, MOST WOULD PREFER TO MAINTAIN A DIVIDE OR SUBJECT OTHERS TO HEAVIER WORK)

Something I've experienced too working for people AND asked to pay rent AND FOOD and other things people had plenty of of.

For some psychological or semi-tragic reason (like a tragic Shakespearean play) this audio confirms the faults of human psyche and never being satisfied + always need to feel up by pushing others down or never feeling like other deserve it more than themselves... (so jealousy and envy as 2 main words?)

Here's what's said in the audio:

" I kinda get the feeling that even in a post scarcity society, even in a society where automation really can take of all manufacturing and all industrial work, I still get the feeling that we're going to maintain that economic divide. I feel like there's something preferably exclusionary to the Global North about keeping the Global South in poverty... it's a component of our luxury- the knowledge that somewhere in Africa or South East Asia there are people who can't find enough food to eat. "

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=8_wpcmpPhZ4&listen=true&t=33m34s

Bernie Sanders impressively came 2nd in elections (losing only to Hilary Clinton) in 1 election (2016)

Impressive that an independent senator from Vermont USA achieved that or capture the hearts of Lefties / Socialism etc...

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=8_wpcmpPhZ4&listen=true&t=11m41s

(talking about political advocacy and Bernie Sanders)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders

FREESCHOOL SENTIMENTS

This audio summarises why Mastodon or any social media does work with some people...

" I realised that maybe response videos or just back and forths wouldn't help- I didn't want to make it (this talk) a drama, if that makes sense... in my opinion I think that we agree on way more than what we disagree on, and what we disagree on is just misunderstanding on each other's parts or miscommunication or things that can be cleared up with a discussion basically, so I thought why not just reach out and we can have a conversation "

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=8_wpcmpPhZ4&listen=true&t=1m57s

FURTHER COMMENTS:
IF people don't practice discourse with strangers (on a topic or freeform) then basically they often get don't get the right idea (even if they might agree they be wrong)

This audio is great as someone else said it (while in conversation with someone else) and it's a lot more credible as example...

I feel it's hopeless to try convince people who don't want to talk audibly and instead 'hide' or stay defensively behind computer text...

I know there is more reason and psychology to why some people don't audio chat about something they care about but I can say now is more the time than later - to care more than text people and expect understanding / progress !

May any 'revolution' not be just text!

FOOTNOTES / EXTRA READING

@5.51mins - "I've been practising up to debate the bourgeoisie out of control of the the means of production and free market place of ideas

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketplace_of_ideas

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Means_of_production

LIFE BALANCING

Reaching an understanding is different from "meeting half way"

Some people don't mind doing or giving more, or they are simply more able (abilities are different or feelings can be more or less etc)

It's usually other standard like money or numbers that force things when really if someone has many apples or has the feeling to give then people should not get in the way or have some way to balance it (I can also imagine people working too much or giving too many apples but I think overall it's a hindrance to have everything as number and not the more human inaccuracies that can be balanced / discussed some other way)

WE ALL WORK FOR THE BANK...
TO PAY OFF LOANS?

FACT OR FICTION, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WE ARE PAYING BACK FOR THE %'S ?

Are we all working for the banks?

Taken me 10's of years to find that out and see the Bank as the bad / uncaring root of all life!

MY TAKE ON TOPIC:
Any company we work for has a loan and is just an in between for the same relationship (to pay back %).

Working to pay banks who charge for loans / mortgages etc means they are the root of life AND they are creating more debt every time there is more lending
(and the % or total gets bigger all the time it's unpaid).

Greed and Banks are a big problem. V£RY BIG.

BEING HEROES FOR EACH OTHER

Alone we're ok but very faulty

Together we are faulty but can improve

Longer / Detailed

Being each other's heroes might just work like Hollywood films and X-Men, so regardless of which crappy power you have find another and just keep adding it loosely with another few people... just try not to focus on the inter-personal differences in attributes and focus mostly on the enemy of the freedom's we each want modestly!

ALL THINGS GOOD, "YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED!" (PHRASE & REALITY)

Short Version
- Back we go as the prices increase.
- Any good will be take down too just by make it expensive.

Long/Detailed Version

Now more than ever do we see how arbitrary / based on greed = life or death for others

Greedy banks = death / slow decline (back to where it all started and when they didn't give a shit, and still don't)

Back we go as the prices increase.

Any good will be take down too just by make it expensive.

Best start sharing, talking and all the shit you avoided / didn't have to do before!

(don't forget to save all fruit and veg seeds))

COMPLAINTS PRICE INCREASES

In a sympathetic way I think it was always inevitable they / the banks / everyone on top of that would go crazy with price hikes / artificial scarcity / not working with nature
(like "why not increase prices?" <--- in their eyes)

Imagine you're an energy company and winter is coming - it's check-mate / 100% a good idea for a company to UP prices
(and together with the other companies if possible, including a government that would stand by and while that happens)

UNITY DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT CAPITALISM?

Also I think unity comes with having an opponent and we were not so united before.. or at least not strong in the mind to LIVE TOGETHER (like 'with' each other mentality and physically)... so I don't think we were united with comfort so now Capitalism (or greed via prices hikes) gives us excuse (or might help us realise again) this will always the be the destination and escalation of Capitalism so can we please better choose something else more often or start creating it.. anything is better is better than x10 prices !!! ....

or are you happy to pay
/ what happens if you can't pay?

Worst thing is everything goes cheap again and people relax.
We/You would go back to thinking the world is not in need of fixing from bank up (i.e. everything) and wouldn't start working on the mentality of literally get away from Bank or tool of debt (money) which is too heavy and doesn't have place for any intelligent civilization.

Banks are a big cause of all these problems, as root greed and then energy companies just make it worse.

PRIVACY DEBATING:
1- COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
2- CONFIRMATION BIAS

This covers why things stop getting through to people and often what I feel people are defending or over-wrapping.

Audio version attached (14mb) without intro as it's a slow start.
Audio to save space as video is only faces anyway:

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=E8Pzhpyf-Ow

Title = How do cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias fit into privacy, security, FOSS, tech, and the world today?

EXTRA RESOURCES (from YewTu.be page)

1- Cognitive Dissonance: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-cognitive-dissonance-2795012

2- Confirmation Bias: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-a-confirmation-bias-2795024

Growth EQ Podcast on this: thegrowtheq.com/how-to-change-your-mind/

Growth EQ on Guru Syndrom: thegrowtheq.com/how-to-spot-guru-syndrome-and-what…

(Yes, they're both longer than 45 minutes, still amazingly relevant topics that people should 100% listen to.)
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DEPENDENCY / SERVICIFICATION

"Servicification is the replacement of concrete ownership with temporary access."

https://libresolutions.network/articles/servicification/

PASSPORTS FOR CLOTHING

" This is a new frontier for digital intrusion into people’s lives. While one may hope that they are exempt because they don’t own any smart devices, there are ways around this. People with less money can be presented with predatory arrangements where renting a place also requires them to opt-in to all kinds of surveillance and control, "

How to get fish (people) to see the very water they swim in is designed for killing them softly and in-directly predatory?

- The water might look clean but isn't.

- Even water is a business exploited / profited from and can be weapionsed.

While it's hard to control most things or get things yourself - it might help for you to think how things work and if 'getting your own water' (rani harvesting) or seeing the banks ways will help you make more conscious choices
(including doing things yourself to avoid others exploiting the dependency you have).

SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS
- A WARNING

Short Version:

Financial regulation can change what you do in your job (example implementing; digital back-doors / KYC / kill-switches etc into software or almost anything)...
and this is evident in efforts again Bitcoin and other competition to the mainstream...

You're jobs can be changed to help work towards evil. Legal changes etc are all happening to be more precise slowly but surely.

The force behind this and what effects everything is the Central Bank wanting to force their own Digital Currencies. (monetary demons / parasites).

Changing the future of money changes *many* other things- perhaps everything.

AUDIO AND THIS TEXT might take a bit of time to sink it- leave it open and play it again.
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Long Version

As usual any job can be used against you as it pays your bills so in many ways they (gov / banks) can change the standards / the rules / regulations by ask you to do things which end up working again the common good when people do whatever people say for money.

Implementing a standard backdoor or similar is what I'm getting at. It's going to be very real if standards are set by government for whatever xyz reason similar to the typical 'safety' reasons or 'preventing fraud'... etc

As a stark example people in war were making bomb parts and didn't know it, so if that's possible (similar to how codes can be put together) then you might not even know you implementing the components if you're part of something you don't see. So again compartmentalizing or making something a feature can seem good one day but then be together to be a weapon the next...

Anyway there is a pattern happening across all sectors - leaning towards people getting people in jobs to do what industry / gov wants - all backed by banks allowing wages to go through. You are also included in this pattern I mention and I give you an 'inevitable' factor when coming down the ladder of alignment and looking who can implement it the software developers stark going dark in order to get paid (live)

Rather than squash weeds a better return-on-investment is through jobs force you softly over, or all in one go, to do things different (and this we know is true from having jobs I think for any of us).

Although I'm not the most articulate I believe the pattern has long been happening and the COVID stuff accelerating it somewhat... going for people through their wallets, livelihood etc is the best tactic and always was. Eventually making it harder and harder not to do what they said or choose your ethics over your job until there might be no jobs left (I would advise you to fight to change your existing rather than leave and let a fresh developer step into the mess and expect them not to bend)

Developers are the way for government and that means you as a developer are being targeted same as the next tools and leverage to force change for them or trojan horse whatever it is they don't want unless they regulate it (alternate currencies are one example).

#Bitcoin vs #Banks + #Government #Dictatorships
#P2P - Peer-to-Peer transactions
#Decentralised
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FOOTNOTES:
KYC = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_your_customer

Forcing KYC into online currency wallets to achieve digital IDs

The business of business is rotten...

meaning
- the concept itself is quite bad or has many bad components to it
- the mentality to 'convert' things into numbers is a big mistake

...and while things on the surface seems working it's all rotting underneath (even the money / people / energy ALL OF IT!).

Some of the main components are:

- Debt creation encouraged at every level (loans, mortgage, %'s added)

- Power to choose who gets money by institutes that don't care (banks / gov) or care about money & *conquering everything* through lending.

- Old mentality using new weapons. Anything new is weaponised instead of helping harmonise or just learn to balance better.

- (audio chat for more, am done here)