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IbogaProject

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3. Try and find real people around Art, Culture or Group Nature activities
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 09:45 AM
Apr 24

I personally use a variant if my name which is never used in real life when online, I use Bob to help remind myself that there are mental fictions we create since the information here is incomplete. Only being online isn't the best way to select for mentally healthy people. Art days can be a good way to get into circulation. Many places have a monthly art or gallery day or weekend.

 

jfz9580m

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6. Accountability Sink
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 01:28 PM
Apr 24

I am slowly moving to organize my world that got scrambled up:

https://www.salon.com/2025/04/26/why-the-world-stopped-making-sense-how-the-neoliberal-class-war-fueled-global-chaos/

Davies introduces the term “accountability sinks”,[5] which remove the ownership or responsibility for decisions made. The sink obscures or deflects responsibility,[6] and contributes towards a set of outcomes that appear to have been generated by a black box.[7] Whether a rule book, best practices, or computer system, these accountability sinks "scramble feedback"[8] and make it difficult to identify the source of mistakes and rectify them. An accountability sink breaks the links between decision makers and individuals, thus preventing feedback from being shared as a result of the system malfunction.[9] The end result, he argues, is protocol politics, where there is no head, or accountability. Decision makers can avoid the blame for their institutional actions, while the ordinary customer, citizen or employee face the consequences of these managers' poor decision making.


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

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