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==11: OCT 6==
  
===Assigned Reading and Viewing===
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===Assigned===
  
:*Moss, Michael. Chapter 8, "Liquid Gold," (pp. 161-181)
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:*Haidt, Chapter 5, "Beyond WEIRD Morality" (17)
:*Watching segment from "Earth" in the Netflix Food series, "Cooked" with Michael Pollan, "Mother Noella" in Shared content on SharePoint (about 20 minutes)
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:*Writing exercise: How WEIRD is Morality?
  
===Mother Noella Cheese Segment from "Cooked"===
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===Brief Survey on Student Engagement in Hybrid course delivery===
  
:*Story Mother Noella and the appreciation of creation through cheese. The bacteria come from the earth, from death, and hold the promise of nourishing life!  Mention Soler article, "The Semiotics of Food in the Bible".
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:*Please take the following anonymous [https://gonzaga.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3I98g1ecsTe59ZP survey].
:*Diffs between US and French approaches to cheese. You don't need quality conditions if you are planning to process the milk industrially. Is that a benefit of industrial food?  Mention burgers.
 
:*Story of the wooden cheese vat.
 
:*Connection between cheese ecology and other ecologies like forests. (Connects with microbiota and food from health soil)
 
  
===Some "Fat" Details===
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===Final Stage of Sapolsky Writing Assignment===
  
:*We'll study Fats in some detail from a Nutrition textbook later in the term.  For now, we should learn a bit about your "fat budget" and reasons why you might want to track the proportion of Omega-6 and Omega-3 fats in your diet.  This is relevant to choices of basic foods as well as the choice to eat industrial food. 
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:*'''Stage 4''': Back-evaluation: After you receive your peer comments and my evaluation, take a few minutes to fill out this quick "back evaluation" rating form: [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdgKCYITDTSOOHcvC3TAVNK-EZDsP4jiiyPj-7jdpRoNUsLPA/viewform?usp=sf_link]. '''Fill out the form for each reviewer, but not Alfino.'''  Up to 10 points, in Points.
::*Your fat budget: 2000 calories, 20-35% from fat, 9 grams/calorie, 44-72 grams per day.  Below 22 grams. Less than 10% incompatible with health.  Recommended less that 7% from saturated fat (15 grams).  Let's use the [https://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/foods-from-starbucks/9662/2 Starbuck Carmel fudge brownie] as an example!
 
::*Tracking O6 / O3: The two ''essential'' fatty acids (ones we need and can't make).
 
:::*Go back to Pollan notes on O-6/O-3. Old nutrition news focused on reduction of saturated fat, which is still important, but new research is focused on proportion of O6/O3.
 
:::*Go ahead to Nix, "Fats"  
 
::*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratio_of_fatty_acids_in_different_foods Some O-6 / 0-3 ratios of foods-- Note the peculiar emphasis on kangaroo meat, but also the differences between grass fed and grain fed beef.
 
::*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12442909 Ratio of O-6 to O-3 NIH on fat ratios]; [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808858/ Nutrition science on fat ratios and obesity]
 
  
::*[https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/guidelines/chapter-1/a-closer-look-inside-healthy-eating-patterns/#callout-dietary-fats Fatty Acid Profiles of Common Fats & Oils from US Dietary Guidelines]
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::*Back evaluations are due '''Thursday, October 8, 11:59pm'''.
  
::*Important functions of fat: energy storage in apipose tissue, lipoproteins (lipid transport system), cell membrane structure, satisfaction!
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===Some samples from Henrich's, "The Weirdest People on Earth"===
  
::*Since we are talking about cheese today, here's some information on [https://extension.umn.edu/pasture-based-dairy/grass-fed-cows-produce-healthier-milk fatty acid profiles in milk].
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:*p. 25: "Who Am I?" task.  Show charts
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:*p. 28: sociocentric vs. individualistic
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:*p. 34: guilt vs. shame
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:*p. 44: impersonal honesty research (recall Ariely).
  
:*Follow-up exercise: Compare various Trader Joe's packaged and prepared foods with your fat budget.  TJ's trades on its healthy image, but some of its product are very high in saturated fat.
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===Haidt, Chapter 5, "Beyond WEIRD Morality"===
  
===Moss, Ch. 8, "Liquid Gold"===
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====WEIRD Morality====
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:*WEIRD morality is the morality of Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic cultures
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::*just as likely to be bothered by taboo violations, but more likely to set aside feelings of disgust and allow violations
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::*only group with majority allowing chicken story violation.
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::*"the weirder you are the more likely you are to see the world in terms of separate objects, rather than relationships" "sociocentric" moralities vs. individualistic moralities; Enlightenment moralities of Kant and Mill are rationalist, individualist, and universalist. 
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::*survey data on East/West differences in sentence completion: "I am..."
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::*framed-line task 97
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:*Kantian and Millian ethical thought is rationalist, rule based, and universalist.  Just the ethical theory you would expect from the culture. 
  
:*Wallace and Grommet on cheese: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7rzSslub6U]
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====A 3 channel moral matrix====
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:*Schweder's anthropology: ethics of autonomy, community, divinity 99-100 - gloss each...
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::*claims Schweder's theory predicts responses on taboo violation tests, is descriptively accurate.
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::*ethic of divinity: body as temple vs. playground
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::*vertical dimension to values.  explains reactions to flag desecration, piss Christ, thought exp: desecration of liberal icons. (Note connection to contemporary conflicts, such as the Charlie Hebdot massacre.)
  
:*Stories told in this chapterDean Southworth and Cheese Whiz; James Lewis Kraft, cheese entrepreneur!; story of cheese in the US food economy; Kraft marketing of Philadelphia cream cheese and Paula Dean story; closing research on visible/invisible fatsThere is no upper bliss point for fat!
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====Making Sense of Moral/Cultural Difference====
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:*'''Haidt's Bhubaneswar experience''': diverse (intense) continua of moral values related to purity. (opposite of disgust). Confusing at first, but notice that he started to like his hosts (elephant) and then started to think about how their values might work.  Stop and think about how a mind might create this.  Detail about airline passenger.
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:*Theorizing with Paul Rozin on the right model for thinking about moral foundations: "Our theory, in brief" (103)
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:*American politics often about sense of "sacrilege", not just about defining rights (autonomy). Not just harm, but types of moral disgust.
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:*'''Stepping out of the Matrix''':  H's metaphor for seeing his own cultural moral values as more "contingent" than before, when it felt like the natural advocacy of what seem true and right.  Reports growing self awareness of liberal orientation of intellectual culture in relation to Shweder's viewSocial conservatives made more sense to him after studying in India.
  
:*Cheez Whiz;  altered from original, but never a gourmet experience.  Pretty much no cheese in it. 
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===Small Group Discussion===
::*Am cheese consumption: 33pounds/year; 50 gallons of soda
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:*Discussion questions:
::*traditional consumption of cheese  (mention Cesare & Ornella)
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::*Does it make sense to talk about "stepping out of a matrix"? Is this a temporary thingWhat value might it have in your experience?
 
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::*Do you have a parallel story to Haidt's(Mention travel experiences.)
:*Kraft orgins story: invented canned cheese.  used in field rations.  1928: Velveeta, high sodium as by product of industrial process. 
 
::*point is that industrial cheese can be made in a few days. fresh cheeses are quick, but real solid cheese can take 18 months or more to mature. (Is that a real value or just an old way of doing something?). note 167. 
 
 
 
:*Cheese in US food economy
 
::*anti-fat campaign of 80s led to overproduction of milkfat  ("Cows can't make skim milk" - maybe a clue that something's backwards), gov't subsidized milk and cheese; huge warehouses of cheese (1.9 billion pounds at a cost to taxpayers of 44billion a year) ;  Reagan admin stopped this, but also raised funds from the industry for new marketing efforts to promote milk consumption.  Note the gastronomy segement 171-172 - ex Kraft cheese expert Brookmann. 
 
 
 
:*Current data on US Government cheese purchases. [https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/dairy-subsidies-government-farm-programs-surplus-cheese/]
 
 
 
:*Philadelphia Cream Cheese
 
::*"sliced" didn't work.  spreading is part of the fun, but also suppresses serving size information. p. 174: no bliss point for fat. 
 
::*Kraft Mac & Cheese.  Nutritional profile might not look bad at first glance [http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/meals-entrees-and-sidedishes/5964/2], but check out this comparison [http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/03/kraft-mac-cheese-dye-annies-cheez]
 
::*Early social media marketing effort using Food network star Paula Dean (read 178) and social media to generate interest.  creating food culture.  5% boost in sales. 
 
 
 
:*2008 Dutch research
 
::*visible / invisible fats and satiety, perception of fat.  results: everyone underestimated fat content, visible fat group full faster, about 10% more. 
 
::*Personal advice: buy whole fats and eat them sparingly and mindfully.  Compare satiety with Costco sized skim-fat products.
 
 
 
:*Puzzle: many cultures eat much more cheese than Americans.  French 53, Italy 44, Germans 46, yet do not suffer dietary disease from it as we do.
 
 
 
:*Previous student comment: "This material makes me really glad that I don't like cheese."
 
 
 
:*Brief class discussion: What's your cheese strategy?
 

Latest revision as of 19:51, 6 October 2020

11: OCT 6

Assigned

  • Haidt, Chapter 5, "Beyond WEIRD Morality" (17)
  • Writing exercise: How WEIRD is Morality?

Brief Survey on Student Engagement in Hybrid course delivery

  • Please take the following anonymous survey.

Final Stage of Sapolsky Writing Assignment

  • Stage 4: Back-evaluation: After you receive your peer comments and my evaluation, take a few minutes to fill out this quick "back evaluation" rating form: [1]. Fill out the form for each reviewer, but not Alfino. Up to 10 points, in Points.
  • Back evaluations are due Thursday, October 8, 11:59pm.

Some samples from Henrich's, "The Weirdest People on Earth"

  • p. 25: "Who Am I?" task. Show charts
  • p. 28: sociocentric vs. individualistic
  • p. 34: guilt vs. shame
  • p. 44: impersonal honesty research (recall Ariely).

Haidt, Chapter 5, "Beyond WEIRD Morality"

WEIRD Morality

  • WEIRD morality is the morality of Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic cultures
  • just as likely to be bothered by taboo violations, but more likely to set aside feelings of disgust and allow violations
  • only group with majority allowing chicken story violation.
  • "the weirder you are the more likely you are to see the world in terms of separate objects, rather than relationships" "sociocentric" moralities vs. individualistic moralities; Enlightenment moralities of Kant and Mill are rationalist, individualist, and universalist.
  • survey data on East/West differences in sentence completion: "I am..."
  • framed-line task 97
  • Kantian and Millian ethical thought is rationalist, rule based, and universalist. Just the ethical theory you would expect from the culture.

A 3 channel moral matrix

  • Schweder's anthropology: ethics of autonomy, community, divinity 99-100 - gloss each...
  • claims Schweder's theory predicts responses on taboo violation tests, is descriptively accurate.
  • ethic of divinity: body as temple vs. playground
  • vertical dimension to values. explains reactions to flag desecration, piss Christ, thought exp: desecration of liberal icons. (Note connection to contemporary conflicts, such as the Charlie Hebdot massacre.)

Making Sense of Moral/Cultural Difference

  • Haidt's Bhubaneswar experience: diverse (intense) continua of moral values related to purity. (opposite of disgust). Confusing at first, but notice that he started to like his hosts (elephant) and then started to think about how their values might work. Stop and think about how a mind might create this. Detail about airline passenger.
  • Theorizing with Paul Rozin on the right model for thinking about moral foundations: "Our theory, in brief" (103)
  • American politics often about sense of "sacrilege", not just about defining rights (autonomy). Not just harm, but types of moral disgust.
  • Stepping out of the Matrix: H's metaphor for seeing his own cultural moral values as more "contingent" than before, when it felt like the natural advocacy of what seem true and right. Reports growing self awareness of liberal orientation of intellectual culture in relation to Shweder's view. Social conservatives made more sense to him after studying in India.

Small Group Discussion

  • Discussion questions:
  • Does it make sense to talk about "stepping out of a matrix"? Is this a temporary thing? What value might it have in your experience?
  • Do you have a parallel story to Haidt's? (Mention travel experiences.)