Oude videobanden laten digitaliseren en deze jongeling uit 1998 tegenkomen met zijn uiteenzetting aan de univ over McDonaldization.
November 1, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Oude videobanden laten digitaliseren en deze jongeling uit 1998 tegenkomen met zijn uiteenzetting aan de univ over McDonaldization.
I still assign this article - The McDonaldization of Academic Libraries and the Values of Transformational Change - as an optional reading each semester.
It remains, without any competition, the most commented on optional reading every single time.
crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
It remains, without any competition, the most commented on optional reading every single time.
crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
The McDonaldization of Academic Libraries and the Values of Transformational Change | Nicholson | College & Research Libraries
The McDonaldization of Academic Libraries and the Values of Transformational Change
crl.acrl.org
October 29, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I still assign this article - The McDonaldization of Academic Libraries and the Values of Transformational Change - as an optional reading each semester.
It remains, without any competition, the most commented on optional reading every single time.
crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
It remains, without any competition, the most commented on optional reading every single time.
crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
The McDonaldization of Venture Capital
A series of rational optimizations have led us to the ultimate irrational outcome
investing101.substack.com/p/the-mcdona...
A series of rational optimizations have led us to the ultimate irrational outcome
investing101.substack.com/p/the-mcdona...
The McDonaldization of Venture Capital
A series of rational optimizations have led us to the ultimate irrational outcome
investing101.substack.com
November 4, 2026 at 6:23 AM
The McDonaldization of Venture Capital
A series of rational optimizations have led us to the ultimate irrational outcome
investing101.substack.com/p/the-mcdona...
A series of rational optimizations have led us to the ultimate irrational outcome
investing101.substack.com/p/the-mcdona...
Weekly 'Data Driven VC' “Insights” episode where they cover the most interesting research and reports about startups, VCs, AI & automation. New insights from a16z, Contrary, Menlo Ventures, Odin & more...
💥VC McDonaldization, Founder Signals Top VCs Back, The Fund I Edge, Investor Red Flags & More
Why VC is converging on size and consensus, which founder traits win top-tier leads and why debut funds crowd the top 10%. New research from Contrary, Menlo, Odin.
www.newsletter.datadrivenvc.io
November 4, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Weekly 'Data Driven VC' “Insights” episode where they cover the most interesting research and reports about startups, VCs, AI & automation. New insights from a16z, Contrary, Menlo Ventures, Odin & more...
RR Radar Newsletter 6
🎙️ RR Podcast: @davidzmorris.bsky.social
📉 You Aren’t an Investor, You Are a Mark
💥 Perpetual Futures
🏛️ It’s the Political-Economy, Stupid
🗂️ Furthermore: Mehrling’s Inherent Hierarchy of Money, McDonaldization of VC, Proto-MMT, etc.
ryanresearch.substack.com/p/rr-radar-6...
🎙️ RR Podcast: @davidzmorris.bsky.social
📉 You Aren’t an Investor, You Are a Mark
💥 Perpetual Futures
🏛️ It’s the Political-Economy, Stupid
🗂️ Furthermore: Mehrling’s Inherent Hierarchy of Money, McDonaldization of VC, Proto-MMT, etc.
ryanresearch.substack.com/p/rr-radar-6...
RR Radar #6: Don’t Steal My Future, Bro
Newsletter for high-signal insights, research, and analysis scanned from economics, history, and technology
ryanresearch.substack.com
November 3, 2026 at 9:31 PM
RR Radar Newsletter 6
🎙️ RR Podcast: @davidzmorris.bsky.social
📉 You Aren’t an Investor, You Are a Mark
💥 Perpetual Futures
🏛️ It’s the Political-Economy, Stupid
🗂️ Furthermore: Mehrling’s Inherent Hierarchy of Money, McDonaldization of VC, Proto-MMT, etc.
ryanresearch.substack.com/p/rr-radar-6...
🎙️ RR Podcast: @davidzmorris.bsky.social
📉 You Aren’t an Investor, You Are a Mark
💥 Perpetual Futures
🏛️ It’s the Political-Economy, Stupid
🗂️ Furthermore: Mehrling’s Inherent Hierarchy of Money, McDonaldization of VC, Proto-MMT, etc.
ryanresearch.substack.com/p/rr-radar-6...
This week’s issue of "The Small Signal" focuses on the important role of defaults:
🍟 AI McDonaldization: when everyone writes like the model
🗣️ Sliding into silence: 338 words fewer every year
⚖️ A distributed-power agenda for the US
Read here: anselmkuesters.substack.com/p/the-small-...
🍟 AI McDonaldization: when everyone writes like the model
🗣️ Sliding into silence: 338 words fewer every year
⚖️ A distributed-power agenda for the US
Read here: anselmkuesters.substack.com/p/the-small-...
The Small Signal #42
AI McDonaldization - Sliding into silence - A distributed-power agenda
anselmkuesters.substack.com
October 16, 2026 at 6:28 AM
This week’s issue of "The Small Signal" focuses on the important role of defaults:
🍟 AI McDonaldization: when everyone writes like the model
🗣️ Sliding into silence: 338 words fewer every year
⚖️ A distributed-power agenda for the US
Read here: anselmkuesters.substack.com/p/the-small-...
🍟 AI McDonaldization: when everyone writes like the model
🗣️ Sliding into silence: 338 words fewer every year
⚖️ A distributed-power agenda for the US
Read here: anselmkuesters.substack.com/p/the-small-...
George Ritzer’s “The ‘McDonaldization’ of Society” (also available in a book-length analysis) is a good overview of just how prominent this phenomenon has been in America, since industrialization.
web.ics.purdue.edu/~kstainba/Mc...
web.ics.purdue.edu/~kstainba/Mc...
web.ics.purdue.edu
October 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
George Ritzer’s “The ‘McDonaldization’ of Society” (also available in a book-length analysis) is a good overview of just how prominent this phenomenon has been in America, since industrialization.
web.ics.purdue.edu/~kstainba/Mc...
web.ics.purdue.edu/~kstainba/Mc...
Algo para refletir malcolmmielle.phd/bayesian-bra...
The McDonaldization of Science
The McDonaldization of Science by LLMs We’ve all heard of enshittification.
malcolmmielle.phd
October 7, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Algo para refletir malcolmmielle.phd/bayesian-bra...
…place.
It's deeply frustrating to me that connecting us all could make it easier to find the amazing, unique, wonderful things that aren't for everyone but instead the commercial drivers for the modern internet push towards a bland McDonaldization.
Of course there are still ways to use the…
It's deeply frustrating to me that connecting us all could make it easier to find the amazing, unique, wonderful things that aren't for everyone but instead the commercial drivers for the modern internet push towards a bland McDonaldization.
Of course there are still ways to use the…
October 7, 2026 at 4:44 PM
…place.
It's deeply frustrating to me that connecting us all could make it easier to find the amazing, unique, wonderful things that aren't for everyone but instead the commercial drivers for the modern internet push towards a bland McDonaldization.
Of course there are still ways to use the…
It's deeply frustrating to me that connecting us all could make it easier to find the amazing, unique, wonderful things that aren't for everyone but instead the commercial drivers for the modern internet push towards a bland McDonaldization.
Of course there are still ways to use the…
Oh, yeah. Topic was McDonaldization and surveillance.
Classroom projection system down so no ppt. Just whiteboard and markers.
I LOVED IT!!!!
There’s something in writing on the board that forces a slowdown. Since students aren’t rushing to copy text on the slide, they’re more engaged.
It felt so natural again. Both energizing and enervating. Joy.
I LOVED IT!!!!
There’s something in writing on the board that forces a slowdown. Since students aren’t rushing to copy text on the slide, they’re more engaged.
It felt so natural again. Both energizing and enervating. Joy.
October 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Oh, yeah. Topic was McDonaldization and surveillance.
At a furry con, you can enjoy a nightclub rave experience without the McDonaldization & less recycling of music. While travel costs can vary, a con registration fee is more economical for the amount of amusement that weekend you’ll have vs. a $35 nightclub cover fee for a few hours of the same env.
September 29, 2026 at 2:45 AM
At a furry con, you can enjoy a nightclub rave experience without the McDonaldization & less recycling of music. While travel costs can vary, a con registration fee is more economical for the amount of amusement that weekend you’ll have vs. a $35 nightclub cover fee for a few hours of the same env.
Given my previously stated desire for authors to lean into their own special weirdnesses and let their unique freak flags fly, you can perhaps guess how I feel about the idea that the people outsourcing their thinking to spicy autocomplete are contributing to the McDonaldization of culture.
The growing use of AI large language models (LLMs) could make human writing, perspectives and reasoning more alike, according to a research paper that raises questions about creative diversity and authorial voice 👇
Researchers warn use of AI in writing could ‘homogenise human writing and thought’
ebx.sh
September 18, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Given my previously stated desire for authors to lean into their own special weirdnesses and let their unique freak flags fly, you can perhaps guess how I feel about the idea that the people outsourcing their thinking to spicy autocomplete are contributing to the McDonaldization of culture.
I think it depends on how you define camera. Technically speaking, a phone camera is still a camera that happens to adopt the principles of a fast-food restaurant: it’s efficient, affordable, and predictable.
https://youtu.be/VyYEM4QV4KU
https://youtu.be/VyYEM4QV4KU
McDonaldization - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 12, 2026 at 1:29 PM
I think it depends on how you define camera. Technically speaking, a phone camera is still a camera that happens to adopt the principles of a fast-food restaurant: it’s efficient, affordable, and predictable.
https://youtu.be/VyYEM4QV4KU
https://youtu.be/VyYEM4QV4KU
McDonaldization de la cultura y el pensamiento diverso. El uso de la IA homogeiniza y se carga la autenticidad.
Lean, lean
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Lean, lean
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bland new world: is AI making us all think the same?
Researchers worry that generative AI is homogenizing culture and cognition.
www.nature.com
September 5, 2026 at 3:19 PM
McDonaldization de la cultura y el pensamiento diverso. El uso de la IA homogeiniza y se carga la autenticidad.
Lean, lean
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Lean, lean
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bland new world: is AI making us all think the same? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"...might be homogenizing both culture and cognition."
I also worry about the "McDonaldization" of our thinking & creativity, where "efficiency and predictability" lead to "more uniformity." ⚠️
"...might be homogenizing both culture and cognition."
I also worry about the "McDonaldization" of our thinking & creativity, where "efficiency and predictability" lead to "more uniformity." ⚠️
Bland new world: is AI making us all think the same?
Researchers worry that generative AI is homogenizing culture and cognition.
www.nature.com
September 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Bland new world: is AI making us all think the same? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"...might be homogenizing both culture and cognition."
I also worry about the "McDonaldization" of our thinking & creativity, where "efficiency and predictability" lead to "more uniformity." ⚠️
"...might be homogenizing both culture and cognition."
I also worry about the "McDonaldization" of our thinking & creativity, where "efficiency and predictability" lead to "more uniformity." ⚠️
#AcademicSky · How GenAI is leading to ‘McDonaldization’ of society
“GenAI is different from previous technologies that merely spread information…in that it actively shapes it. Studies suggest that AI tools can flatten language use, creativity and cultural values, and… [1/2]
“GenAI is different from previous technologies that merely spread information…in that it actively shapes it. Studies suggest that AI tools can flatten language use, creativity and cultural values, and… [1/2]
September 2, 2026 at 7:04 AM
#AcademicSky · How GenAI is leading to ‘McDonaldization’ of society
“GenAI is different from previous technologies that merely spread information…in that it actively shapes it. Studies suggest that AI tools can flatten language use, creativity and cultural values, and… [1/2]
“GenAI is different from previous technologies that merely spread information…in that it actively shapes it. Studies suggest that AI tools can flatten language use, creativity and cultural values, and… [1/2]
This trajectory towards blandness is reinforced and sustained by the increasing tendency to allow algorithms to mediate the choices we make. This has the effect of training perspectives to converge in “a strong pull toward sameness”… “McDonaldization” of society theconversation.com/how-algorith...
How algorithms are making our environments bland
Griege is dominating our landscape along with cookie-cutter design.
theconversation.com
September 2, 2026 at 1:33 PM
This trajectory towards blandness is reinforced and sustained by the increasing tendency to allow algorithms to mediate the choices we make. This has the effect of training perspectives to converge in “a strong pull toward sameness”… “McDonaldization” of society theconversation.com/how-algorith...
You're not saving time, you're just not doing the "effort" of cooking (which is actually an enjoyable activity if you have the time for it)
McDonaldization
It feels like blinders/blinkers to me, the system selects some characteristics to improve and ignore the others, it's blind to them
McDonaldization
It feels like blinders/blinkers to me, the system selects some characteristics to improve and ignore the others, it's blind to them
McDonaldization - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 22, 2026 at 11:39 AM
You're not saving time, you're just not doing the "effort" of cooking (which is actually an enjoyable activity if you have the time for it)
McDonaldization
It feels like blinders/blinkers to me, the system selects some characteristics to improve and ignore the others, it's blind to them
McDonaldization
It feels like blinders/blinkers to me, the system selects some characteristics to improve and ignore the others, it's blind to them
theories, this study employs the sociological concept of McDonaldization to interrogate broader social and cultural implications of Replika. I argue that McDonaldization offers a systematic framework to understand the fast friendship and fast love provided by social chatbots
August 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
theories, this study employs the sociological concept of McDonaldization to interrogate broader social and cultural implications of Replika. I argue that McDonaldization offers a systematic framework to understand the fast friendship and fast love provided by social chatbots
Sage. The AI Chatbot Always Flirts With Me, Should I Flirt Back: From the McDonaldization of Friendship to the Robotization of Love. Bibo Lin.
"Unlike most AI companion research grounded in Human-Machine Interaction (HMI) and interpersonal communication journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"Unlike most AI companion research grounded in Human-Machine Interaction (HMI) and interpersonal communication journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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August 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Sage. The AI Chatbot Always Flirts With Me, Should I Flirt Back: From the McDonaldization of Friendship to the Robotization of Love. Bibo Lin.
"Unlike most AI companion research grounded in Human-Machine Interaction (HMI) and interpersonal communication journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"Unlike most AI companion research grounded in Human-Machine Interaction (HMI) and interpersonal communication journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Wow. Umd classic. !! Many insights from his Mcdonaldization thesis still holds up imo.
May 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Wow. Umd classic. !! Many insights from his Mcdonaldization thesis still holds up imo.
My latest on the McDonaldization of media in America and the rise of Donald Trump. Yes that’s a word, and did we do this to ourselves? Media literacy and education at large certainly aren’t on the rise. Stay tuned to see what happens next!
zacharyellison.substack.com/p/part-149-t...
🔥🔍📰😎🖤🍔
zacharyellison.substack.com/p/part-149-t...
🔥🔍📰😎🖤🍔
Part 149: The McDonaldization of America – Donald Trump and Media Devastation
Published January 6, 2025.
zacharyellison.substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
My latest on the McDonaldization of media in America and the rise of Donald Trump. Yes that’s a word, and did we do this to ourselves? Media literacy and education at large certainly aren’t on the rise. Stay tuned to see what happens next!
zacharyellison.substack.com/p/part-149-t...
🔥🔍📰😎🖤🍔
zacharyellison.substack.com/p/part-149-t...
🔥🔍📰😎🖤🍔
Cannibalization and enshittification of the web, and top it off with a good healing dose of McDonaldization
September 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Cannibalization and enshittification of the web, and top it off with a good healing dose of McDonaldization
Missed the last episode? Check out a clip... "Through the Lens of Psychophobia w Dr. Michael Montgomery: Exploring the Modern Medicalization of Mental Health (S6 E9)" Montgomery pushes to look more deeply at the humanity of the patient & respect the interiority of the mind. youtu.be/CF46LMH0FkM
Mcdonaldization of Mental Health...from Lens of Psychophobia w Dr. Michael Montgomery (S6 E9)
YouTube video by Not As Crazy As You Think: Jen Gaita Siciliano
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November 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Missed the last episode? Check out a clip... "Through the Lens of Psychophobia w Dr. Michael Montgomery: Exploring the Modern Medicalization of Mental Health (S6 E9)" Montgomery pushes to look more deeply at the humanity of the patient & respect the interiority of the mind. youtu.be/CF46LMH0FkM
I think the McDonaldization of HE is missing out on the fact that uni finances depend on its clout. Its clout depends on its scholarship, exclusivity, and hierarchy. Work like a fast-food chain, get a rep as a fast-food chain while YOU CAN'T scale like a fast-food chain.
May 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I think the McDonaldization of HE is missing out on the fact that uni finances depend on its clout. Its clout depends on its scholarship, exclusivity, and hierarchy. Work like a fast-food chain, get a rep as a fast-food chain while YOU CAN'T scale like a fast-food chain.