1/ [Unresearched, Speculative, Thinking Out Loud] I would like to see (and I'm sure it exists) studies on the number of identities represented in mass media over time. I assume that the number has grown. And I wonder if *increased* prejudice is a natural consequence.
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2/ Like, how many cultural sub-groups could you enumerate given just a few minutes? My guess: a lot. Now, how many of these can you accurately model, mentally. As in, accurately anticipate their needs, beliefs, norms, and how they allocate their attention? My guess: very few.
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3/ Now, let's say you're asked to render a political judgment over an issue that you don't understand or have much experience with. But, you're presented with identity cues, so you can mentally estimate the distance between yourself and the two position takers.
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4/ If you're doing some sort of consideration averaging with accessible identity cues as the consideration, the curse of dimensionality coupled with bounded cognition binds aggressively. Consequently, I assume you're error rises pretty fast.
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5/ If this happens, given your resulting confusion, isn't it easier to just say there is my identity and everyone else is other? All else equal, does the proliferation of identities -- or more accurately, revelation of their existence-- encourage adversarial group calculus?
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Replying to @generativist
Check out this paper by
@lrvarshney and@krvarshney, it may be relevant: http://krvarshney.github.io/pubs/VarshneyV_pieee2017.pdf …2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
(And just skimming, yes, it's extremely relevant and structurally similar to aspects of my dissertation!)
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