On the crisis of representation
/0 Comments/by Jörg LehmannThe West has a very special relationship with authenticity. The cult of the original, the unique, the genuine, the unbroken has a long tradition. The unique work of art, the singular object, the eye as a mirror of the soul, the voice as an unmediated self-expression are signatures of this cult. This is different in […]
On Objectivity – and the Bridge to Truth
/0 Comments/by Jörg LehmannStatistics are held in high regard. Although the saying goes like “do not trust any statistics you did not fake yourself”, they are often regarded as a prime example of objectivity based on the foundation of large datasets. This view is taken to the extreme when it comes to machine learning: machine learning models are […]
Openness, Efficiency and Closed Infrastructures
/0 Comments/by Jörg LehmannThe concept of data spaces, that the European Commission is pursuing, is not only a technical one; it also implies a political constitution. Data spaces such as GAIA-X do not require centralised management. The operation of such a data space can take place within a federation that establishes the means to control data integrity and […]