Lid: Carnophile

I may have misspoke a little. Here is what Granovetter said:

"Traditional development theory took a dim view of the social structures where economic activity was embedded in non-economic obligations, supposing that this would prevent efficient operations. But where this embedding is in fact absent, and many individuals appear to be rational profit maximizers--approximating the 'undersocialized' model of human action I have described above--economic activity is often stymied by lack of the interpersonal trust required to delegate authority or resources to others." (p. 7)

I can't find a copy online but here is the source if you're interested in reading more:

Granovetter, Mark. 1992. "Economic Institutions as Social Constructions: A Framework for Analysis." Acta Sociologica 35:3-11

door codyed op 10:49 pm (EST) om Feb 23, 2010

By the way, poking fun at economics has its rewards, but like I said in the thread you posted on my profile page, it's a tool-set. Like all tool-sets, they are usually only applicable in certain circumstances.

Economic sociology is sometimes described as the application of the sociological perspective to traditional economic topics, such as markets and firms. But, really, the discipline only makes sense in the light of both economics and sociology. As Mark Granovetter noted in an article, if you remove "trust" from a community, standard microeconomic models tend to fall apart. But if a community is characterized by lots of trust (such as the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia), then the models tend to approximate reality.

I think it's an exciting subject and hope more economists enter the field.

door codyed op 7:02 pm (EST) om Feb 23, 2010

A fun mental exercise would be to imagine what would happen if a small, isolated Alaskan village which is only accessible by plane were to experience a large increase in population in just a short period of time. That should stretch your social science muscles.

That's okay. Weber has Durkheim's back, anyway. And Weber can take anyone, including Ricardo.

door codyed op 2:00 pm (EST) om Feb 23, 2010

Some people would say that economists have physics envy because economists use a lot of math. Now I'm starting to think sociologists have economics envy because I'm starting to see more and more math creep into the field.

By the way, I can't remember the example you're referring to. Care to refresh my memory?

door codyed op 11:57 am (EST) om Feb 23, 2010

Carnophile,

Thanks for leaving me a note... I noticed that the new feature was added last week and have been using it ever since. I love this site.

Lynn

door lynn9876 op 1:40 pm (EST) om Feb 20, 2010

Thanks! (Wait, who is that below me?!)

door oakesspalding op 1:31 am (EST) om Oct 31, 2009

Thank you!!!!

door Eurydice op 4:28 pm (EST) om Oct 28, 2009

Good grief, give me some time to look at it!

door timspalding op 11:52 am (EST) om Oct 25, 2009

Yeah, I was too subtle. A problem I have. I want everyone else to figure me out just from my tendencies. The fact that not everyone is as involved with figuring me out as I am is no excuse.(Sadly, that's only a little tongue in cheek).

door geneg op 5:12 pm (EST) om Oct 22, 2009

I kinda thought my correction of the spelling of Tatooine would undercut my snarkiness in the first sentence. I guess it was more subtle than I thought.

door geneg op 3:20 pm (EST) om Oct 22, 2009

Hats off to your patience and persistence at debating the point about socialist parenthetical remarks. The people you are debating are being remarkably obtuse about it.

In case you're interested, Neil Peart, Rush's lyricist, has long abandoned his interest in individualism. Though a non-Canadian would probably miss them, the cultural references he has made in media interviews and in his non-fiction writings clearly suggest other priorities.

door Toolroomtrustee op 1:27 pm (EST) om Oct 15, 2009

I can't remember what that picture looked like.

door codyed op 8:18 pm (EST) om Sep 18, 2009

I am hiding from you. I'm using that new feature they rolled out, where you can make your posts invisible to certain people. You probably didn't see that thread, because Tim's using that feature on you too.

...ahhhh, just kidding. I'm just posting a lot less, on fewer groups. Work sucks.

door MrAndrew op 5:28 pm (EST) om Sep 6, 2009

AMC is remaking The Prisoner. Pardon me while I let out a hybrid geeky/girl scream.

door codyed op 4:05 am (EST) om Aug 11, 2009

I think you'd actually prefer Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers. It's definitely right up your alley. Radical Chic is about a Benefit party that Leonard Bernstein throws for the Black Panther Legal Defense Fund, so it's all about the creme de la creme of NY city liberal society hanging out with the brothers in the penthouse suite. (You can check out the first few pages on Amazon). I'm a bit chary of recommending it to you, because I think you'll over-connect with it (be wary of those people that tell you exactly what you want to hear and all). Simmons kind of fell through for me towards the end, which I won't discuss yet as you haven't finished it.

door Jesse_wiedinmyer op 6:47 pm (EST) om Aug 8, 2009

Been meaning to get back to you about the Charlotte Simmons thing, but drinking's been keeping me occupied. It's definitely an interesting book, and Wolfe is always one of the better chroniclers of american class structure and the workings of money and power. If you dig that, I think you'd absolutely love Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers. It's a much more conservative book (not that Charlotte Simmons isn't), and I think it would be right up your alley. You might also try Michael Lewis if you've not before. I recommend Liar's Poker.

door Jesse_wiedinmyer op 12:07 am (EST) om Aug 7, 2009

okay, I will tell you if after you tell me how to get more than one pictures in your all about me message, ok?

Directions:
Okay, read this, it's how I looked it up. (i DID NOT WRITE the directions i looked it up)

you press and hold alt and a number or a series of numbers on the numlock key pad. experiment, but here are some codes i know.

☺-alt 1
☻-alt 2
♥-alt 3
♦-alt 4
♣-alt 5
♠-alt 6
•-alt 7
◘-alt 8
○-alt 9
◙-alt 10
§-alt 789
♪-alt 13
♫-alt 14

try all sorts of combinations of numbers by pressing alt and then pressing any amount of numbers on the numlock key pad in succession
and then releasing alt.

door Maidas9 op 1:27 pm (EST) om Jul 20, 2009

I find them intimidating, to say the least. Why can't Germans (and Austrians) just speak English. Make everything easier.

Whenever I get bored in the library, I start browsing around. With the help of a short bibliography, I found a great essay by Alfred Shutz on the social distribution of knowledge, in the vein of Hayek. You can read the essay in Google Books. But I will be uploading an editable copy on the web soon. Schutz focuses primarily on the social aspect of this distribution and with regards to the "well-informed citizen," and ideal type which is in between "expert" and "man-on-the-street."

door codyed op 2:53 pm (EST) om Jul 18, 2009

I had to put it down because I felt I needed to learn a thing or two about the underlying philosophy, phenomenology. Of course, this in itself has become a job.

Erfahrungszusammenhang! Wtf?

door codyed op 2:16 pm (EST) om Jul 18, 2009

Been reading I am Charlotte Simmons for the past day, and thought you might get a kick out of it, especially given some of our discussions about academics/sports in the past. Pretty easy read, and it moves.

door Jesse_wiedinmyer op 7:28 pm (EST) om Jul 14, 2009

Same deal applies--if you like any of it, let me know and I can point you to some more.

door codyed op 7:04 pm (EST) om Jun 8, 2009

Brahms: Sextet No. 1 Op. 18; Symphony No 3. Op. 90

Both, if I remember correctly, are in traditional classical forms--sonata, theme and variation, scherzo, and sonata.

door codyed op 1:50 pm (EST) om Jun 7, 2009

Getting a bit fancy around this page, ain't it?

door Jesse_wiedinmyer op 5:42 pm (EST) om Jun 6, 2009

Playing the field isn't a problem. But it's nice to know I can maximize my health benefits as I age by marrying a significantly younger women, so, you know, she can take care of me.

Thanks for the forum link. I might add my two cents sometime. No Brahms, though? What's the matter with you guys?

door codyed op 4:11 am (EST) om Jun 6, 2009

German scientists conducted this study just for me.

door codyed op 12:33 am (EST) om Jun 4, 2009

Thanks Carnophile, That's worth looking into.

door usnmm2 op 5:39 pm (EST) om May 25, 2009

I wonder how many times Neal Stephenson had to stop writing due to hand cramps. I usually grip my pens like I'm holding on to the edge of a cliff, so my right hand would be a deformed mess had I written all of that.

BTW, I read a small sampling of Saul Alinsky's book, Rules for Radicals. Even though Alinsky was a lefty and wrote his book for other lefties, the contents and tactics can be used by just about everyone, regardless of political affiliation. I flipped through and thought to myself, "hmm. I could see how this could work."

door codyed op 8:44 pm (EST) om May 21, 2009

It's even more amazing (or creepy) when you consider that Stephenson writes his novels with paper and pen.

door codyed op 11:38 pm (EST) om May 19, 2009

I have been using Quicksilver as a mousepad for about two years. How did you manage to make it through the series?

door codyed op 1:09 am (EST) om May 18, 2009

Fixed. Thanks for the heads up. Stupid error.

door timspalding op 2:00 pm (EST) om May 13, 2009

Instant Messaging dump.
IM is not as ephemeral as many people think, history is stored locally on your device. Although it may be encrypted, it generally isn't that secure. Some IM tools claim to delete history when you quit IM - if they do it's just a file delete.

And we know how successful that is

Sorry if I was too arcane.

door kevmalone op 6:08 pm (EST) om Apr 8, 2009

Hey Carn -- there's really nothing that's great out there. I grew up on the Edith Hamilton stuff, which when I delved back in seemed like very tedious prose. Bullfinch is not inspiring either. I recently read "Zeus: A Journey Through Greece in the Footsteps of a God" by Tom Stone, which did not live up to the hype on the dust jacket but in retrospect was actually well worth the read. I got a real sense of Greek mythology and the long sway of the Olympians over the Mediterranean before Christianity forcefully put them out of business.

Love your comments on the Site Deletion thread btw

door Garp83 op 7:45 pm (EST) om Apr 6, 2009

Thanks for the comment and the link-- had fun reading that essay!

door lmichet op 10:02 pm (EST) om Mar 31, 2009

Glad I could help, but it looks like there are still a few issues. Ah! You need to put </blockquote> at the end of whatever you want to be in the teal box. Then everything after will appear normally.

door timepiece op 3:24 pm (EST) om Mar 10, 2009

How can I prevent the words from bumping up against the pictures when I do this?
Also, how can I stop the bottom book from bleeding over into the "About My Library section?

OK, to prevent the bumping against, we can just add padding. Probably just on the right, maybe the height of an M (yes, that's an official measurement):
padding-right: 1em;

Then, to prevent the second from "catching" on the first, we can "clear" the previous float so the second one goes all the way to the left margin:
clear: left;

And we have to string them all together inside the quotes, so you'll want to have this:
<img style="float: left; padding-right: 1em; clear: left;" src="">

As for prevent the bleeding over into "About my library" ... huh. we would need to "clear" again, but you're not using any markup there. I got around that by doing a fancy blockquote, like so:
<blockquote style="clear: left; border: 1px solid black; padding: 1em; margin-left: 140px; margin-right: -25px ! important; background-color: silver;">

The margin stuff is necessary because otherwise the box ends up shifted over where "About my library" is supposed to go. The colors you can use are here. That site also has a very nice basic CSS reference (which is basically what we're using here).

door timepiece op 10:38 am (EST) om Mar 9, 2009

Oh! I see now. That's assuming I get invited this year. ;)

door codyed op 7:02 pm (EST) om Mar 5, 2009

I have no idea what that means, Carny. Are you trying to mess with my already fragile mind? Will there be explosions?

door codyed op 6:36 pm (EST) om Mar 5, 2009

That was a nice defense of RAH over at http://www.librarything.com/topic/55723.

(Hey, we might actually agree on something....)

door AsYouKnow_Bob op 9:15 pm (EST) om Jan 31, 2009

I'm DOOOOOMED! Or slightly inconvenienced, depending on the ash fall.

door codyed op 9:15 pm (EST) om Jan 28, 2009

LOL! that sentence does take the prize...

door EAG op 11:14 am (EST) om Jan 24, 2009

That was not an actual superscript, but an ascii code for a superscripted 3 ... there are specific codes for 1, 2, and 3 superscripted ...

{code deleted}

We'll see how those come through (i.e. if LJ doesn't just read the code and replicate the character) ...

Dang! I was afraid of that ... let me code in the ampersands and it should show up OK ...

¹ = &#185; = &sup1; = superscript one
² = &#178; = &sup2; = superscript two - squared
³ = &#179; = &sup3; = superscript three - cubed

Although I don't know where those "Â" characters are coming from!

- BTRIPP

door BTRIPP op 8:42 pm (EST) om Jan 11, 2009

Here I thought no one who belonged to at least one social networking site in the universe had been able to avoid LOLcats!

There's even an entire website dedicated to the translation of the Bible into "LOLcat speak." Blasphemous, but hiLArious...

door aglaia531 op 6:58 pm (EST) om Jan 8, 2009

Here's a test comment to see what comes through properly.

Quotation marks: " "
And apostrophes: ' '

door lorax op 3:33 pm (EST) om Jan 8, 2009

Hey, if you ever want to really impress your girl, chat her about capital based macroeconomics.

door codyed op 12:54 am (EST) om Jan 8, 2009

Haha. I think I resorted to one or two "fuck yous" sometime back. Unfortunately, I can't remember the reasons, but, knowing me, they were probably good ones. ;)

door codyed op 5:49 am (EST) om Jan 4, 2009

Regarding why I made recommendations linking a group of 'Why I am not' books: I find the theme of apostasy interesting in itself (when it is justified on some rational ground) and that is what these books have in common.

door bertilak op 9:19 am (EST) om Dec 24, 2008

So, Carnophile, you reached my profile by random. Did you find any evidence of hopeless liberalism? I see you are an SF fan. I haven't read much of that in a while, but you will have to let me know what is good. I do like Lem.

door jmcgarve op 1:28 am (EST) om Dec 15, 2008

Irrepressible? *blinkblink* :D

door infiniteletters op 9:46 pm (EST) om Dec 12, 2008

No objections from me. But you forgot to mention how dashing I am. No worries--I won't complain either way.

As for Radicals for Capitalism--yeah, you can kill a man with that book. You could probably use it as a warhead on one of those bunker buster bombs. Despite it's length, the book is actually a breezy read, so you should be done with it in no time.

door codyed op 8:39 pm (EST) om Nov 20, 2008