Filosofia - What is wrong with distraction? Sebastian Watzl c/o IEF

'Sebastian Watzl is a professor of philosophy at the University of Oslo (Norway). He specializes in philosophical issues about attention. He is the author of Structuring Mind (OUP), and recipient of an ERC grant on GoodAttention.

His research investigates the nature of attention, how it shapes consciousness, and the normative role and assessment of attention. Some of his current work is on the ethics of attention, the commodification of attention and its ethical assessment, the epistemic role of attention, and the use of attention as a political weapon.'

Sebastian Watzl - UoO Norway

Website: https://www.uc.pt/fluc/ief/agenda/coimbra-seminars-01/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/iestudosfilosoficos_ief-filosofia-philosophy-activity-7394448924947779584-fLSV
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ96aNVka0A/?igsh=MXJsejg0ZWE4bnBvZw==
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16uSVu9mNK/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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My Mind My Attention My choice(s)?	Sources of distraction Devices - access Exposure - time
Social media Assessment of attention Children's education	Corporate Ethics of Attention 'Attention economy' Policymakers & Policy Attention as a political weapon

C/o IEF and thanks to Marta Santos (Secretariat).

Book: "The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind"

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mind . . . - and there was I ... I always thought heat rises?	'heat sinks' minima - maxima 'accountability ... ...  ... ... ... sinks'
	The Unaccountability Machine

Felix Martin (2024) Computer says no, Life&Arts, FTWeekend, 6-7 April 2024, p.9.

Theater of War Productions - An Enemy of The People Feb 22 + 24

Cast Update! 

We are thrilled to announce that Kathryn Erbe, Frankie Faison, and Peter Francis James have joined the cast of An Enemy of the People on February 22 and 24, alongside David Strathairn, Francis Collins, Vivian Pinn, Victor Dzau, Brían F. O’Byrne, Jay O. Sanders, Keshia Pollack Porter, Gloria Addo-Ayensu, and many more! The project will present live dramatic readings of scenes from Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play An Enemy of the People to frame powerful audience discussions about the challenges to public in our culture today. Register below to attend in person or online! Check individual listings for confirmed cast members each night, as casts will vary and are subject to change. An Enemy of the People: A Public Health Project Thursday, February 22, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:30pm EST Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20001 Featuring performances by David Strathairn (Nomadland), Frankie Faison (The Wire), Kathryn Erbe (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Peter Francis James (Oz), Jay O. Sanders (True Detective), Brían F. O'Byrne (The Wonder), Marjolaine Goldsmith (Company Manager of Theater of War Productions), Monica Feit (Executive Director, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine), Jeffrey Kahn (Director, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics), Keshia Pollack Porter (Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), Tshaka Cunningham (Chief Scientific Officer, Polaris Genomics), Gloria Addo-Ayensu (Director of Health, Fairfax County Health Department), Emily Packard Dawson (Program Officer, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine), Nancy Kass (Deputy Director for Public Health, Berman Institute of Bioethics), Graham Sack (Filmmaker, Dracopoulos-Bloomberg iDeas Lab Fellow), Grelia Steele (Global Continuity and Crisis Manager, Guidehouse), Peter Marks (Former Chief Theater Critic, The Washington Post), Matthew Frieman (Viral Pathogen Research Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine), and Joshua M. Sharfstein (Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health). Register to attend in person or online An Enemy of the People: A Public Health Project Saturday, February 24, 2024 7:00 pm - 9:30pm EST National Academy of Sciences  2101 Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20418 Featuring performances by David Strathairn (Nomadland), Frankie Faison (The Wire), Kathryn Erbe (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Peter Francis James (Oz), Jay O. Sanders (True Detective), Brían F. O'Byrne (The Wonder), Francis Collins (Former Director, National Institutes of Health), Monica Feit (Executive Director, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine), Jeffrey Kahn (Director, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics), Keshia Pollack Porter (Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), Victor Dzau (President, National Academy of Medicine), Vivian Pinn (Senior Scientist Emerita at the NIH Fogarty International Center), Ruth Faden (Berman Institute Founder; Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics), Grelia Steele (Global Continuity and Crisis Manager, Guidehouse), Peter Marks (former chief theater critic, The Washington Post), Gloria Addo-Ayensu (Director of Health, Fairfax County Health Department), Graham Sack (Filmmaker, Dracopoulos-Bloomberg iDeas Lab Fellow), Nancy Kass (Deputy Director for Public Health, Berman Institute of Bioethics), Joshua M. Sharfstein (Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), Marjolaine Goldsmith (Company Manager, Theater of War Productions), and Emily Packard Dawson (Program Officer, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine). Register to attend online

 
I will register have registered (online). There is a production of An Enemy of the People in London, but it is expensive from NW England.

This afternoon I enjoyed a delayed appointment with DUNE 2021 Part 1 IMAX, a brilliant cinematic experience that includes a performance by Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto Atreides.

See also: Ibsen , theatre ...

Book: "The Third Pillar"

The Third Pillar

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COMMUNITY

MARKETS

STATE

My source (including):
Crabtree, J. (2019) Dangerous days for capitalism, Life&Arts, FT Weekend, 9-10 March, p.9.

The science and sociology of 'Labelling'

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On-Label Off-Label	On-Label Off-Label
On-Label Off-Label	On-Label Off-Label

My source:
Hannah Kuchler, Nick Verbitsky, Tom Jennings, Shaun Connaire, Opiods sales chief admits to lacking morals, FT Weekend, 25-26 January, 2020, p.13. (additional reporting: Annie Wong, Rebecca Blandon).

Environment, Social, Governance [ESG]

As Greeta Thunberg arrives in New York for the:

CLIMATE ACTION SUMMIT, 23 SEPTEMBER 2019

... it is interesting to consider not just where 'health' sits within business and commerce, but the themes and issues that it has reached. Now, we are more aware of the dependencies, for example air quality, physical and mental health, but we are still to finish the chapter titled: "The Damage Done".

'Capitalism' remains rapacious in terms of resource use (ironically if the market and prices are cyclical) and we must acknowledge all of economics, from stock exchanges, to cities, to villages in developing countries, but the challenge remains to transform the geometry of our economics to that of a sustainable circle. As per the climate debate, in some instances, we might close certain industries and leave some classes of minerals, elements, fossil fuels in the ground. We should accept that while some economies are more circular than others, sometimes you cannot circle a square?

Below is an investment hierarchy in which I have highlighted health. Education, literacy and environmental awareness are, if not issues (which they are, especially their respective economics) they are much needed individual actions to achieve progress.

The media notes that next month's summit will include 'world leaders'. I wonder how many business leaders will be present? This would be an indicator of corporate social responsibility, looking very positive in the annual report (even if the self-regulation has not yet achieved homeostatis). If you can advise with figures, or if I find the information later next month I will post here.

MSCI ESG Key Issue Hierarchy

3 Pillars	10 Themes	37 ESG Key Issues
Environment	Climate change	Carbon emissions  Product carbon footprint  Financing environmental impact Climate change vulnerability
	Natural resources	Water stress  Biodiversity & land use  Raw material sourcing
	Pollution & waste	Toxic emissions & waste   Electronic waste Packaging  Material & Waste
	Environmental opportunities	Clean tech  Green building   Renewable energy
Social	Human capital	Labor management   Health & safety Human capital development Supply chain labor standards
	Product liability	Product safety & quality  Chemical safety Financial product safety  Privacy & data security  Responsible investment  Health & demographic risk
	Stakeholder opposition	Controversial Sourcing
	Social opportunities	Access to communications  Access to Health care Access to finance   Nutrition & Health
Governance	Corporate governance*	Board* Pay* Ownership* Accounting*
	Corporate behavior	Business ethics Anti-competitive practices Tax transparency Corruption & instability Financial system instability

* Corporate Governance Theme carries weight in the ESG Rating model for all companies. In 2018, we introduce subscores for each of the four underlying issues: Board, Pay, Ownership, and Accounting. https://www.msci.com/documents/10199/123a2b2b-1395-4aa2-a121-ea14de6d708a

My source (MSCI ESG Key Issue Hierarchy p.27):

Norrington, J. (2019) Future Proof Investments, Investors Chronicle, 18-25 April. pp.24-28.

Book: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism - The Fight for the Future at the New Frontier of Power

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	The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

My source: The Times, January 19th, 2019.

Cover image: http://www.shoshanazuboff.com/

A cheap post... the cost of Zero?

Sometimes things become blurred
- unresolved -
things do not touch as they should,
lines of communication and care
are compromised; things fragmented...

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WHERE DO VALUES RESIDE? I-deals Vs. We-deals	5 minutes travel time client to client
WHOLE-ISTIC SOCIAL CARE	HR Zero Hour Contracts

BBC Radio 4 Today: Care workers not paid for travel between patients, 24 March 2015.


Image sources:
5 minutes -
http://www.explaininja.com/

Zero as coins: original image -
http://www.spiritresourcing.com/blog/training-providers/fe-sector-zero-hour-contracts-will-the-o-have-to-go/

Ballets of corporate, Governmental, Social and Individual conscience

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c ons cien ce	Health services and services infrastructure
Why do we pay taxes as a society?	2012 Apple UK turnover £1,178m Corporation tax paid on UK profits £1.7m (2011: £1,013m £15.7m)

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Q. Does the current state of corporate taxation globally influence the scope, efficacy and ability of governments and WHO to recommend and direct global public health and positive health promoting policies?

My source: Houlder, V., Pickard, J. (2014) Tech giants' £54m bill fuels tax row, Financial Times, FT Weekend, 4-5th January, 2014. p.1.