Comments on: A Dignitarian Manifesto http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/204 This blog seeks to raise public awareness of rankism. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:24:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Elisa http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/204#comment-303 Fri, 09 Jun 2006 23:21:05 +0000 http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/204#comment-303 If you're interested on the implications of rankism for technology, I highly recommend <a href="http://civilites.net" rel="nofollow">Jon Garfunkel</a> and <a href="http://napserization.org" rel="nofollow">Mary Hodder</a>. Jon has studied Daily Kos in particular, and Mary used to work for Technorati. I look forward to checking out your novel! Fiction often communicates better than punditry. If you’re interested on the implications of rankism for technology, I highly recommend Jon Garfunkel and Mary Hodder. Jon has studied Daily Kos in particular, and Mary used to work for Technorati.

I look forward to checking out your novel! Fiction often communicates better than punditry.

]]> by: J.E. Schwartz http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/204#comment-302 Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:30:20 +0000 http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/204#comment-302 I believe Robert Fuller is really on to somethink with this. I first saw his post on DailyKos that suggested some better organization and technical tools are needed to get the greatest value out of leading blogs. If all they are are celebrity pronouncements rather than interactive forums for meaningful ideas then their benefits are diminished. Google already gives excessive weight in my opinion to popularity in rankings, which means a poor quality site with lots of links to it could come up higher than the definitive site on the same subject. That post led me to his site and the discussion of rankism. I recently wrote and published a novel, Doublethink: A Tale of Unintended Consequences which examines what happens when a person of rank loses their money, job, and status. The issue of personal dignity is a central theme so I'm very interested in pursuing a discussion. I believe Robert Fuller is really on to somethink with this. I first saw his post on DailyKos that suggested some better organization and technical tools are needed to get the greatest value out of leading blogs. If all they are are celebrity pronouncements rather than interactive forums for meaningful ideas then their benefits are diminished. Google already gives excessive weight in my opinion to popularity in rankings, which means a poor quality site with lots of links to it could come up higher than the definitive site on the same subject.

That post led me to his site and the discussion of rankism. I recently wrote and published a novel, Doublethink: A Tale of Unintended Consequences which examines what happens when a person of rank loses their money, job, and status. The issue of personal dignity is a central theme so I’m very interested in pursuing a discussion.

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