This is cross-posted from xcphilosophy. Traditionally, social identities (race, gender, class, sexuality, etc.) use outward appearance as the basis for inferences about inner content, character, or quality. Kant and Hegel, for example, inferred races’ defining characteristics from the physical geography of their ‘native’ territories: the outward appearance of one’s homeland determines your laziness or industriousness. … Continue reading Visible Social Identities vs Algorithmic Identities