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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRzYJullFOs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRzYJullFOs Max Headroom, Season 2, Episode 13 "Lessons" Have you any idea how

by pdkl95 11y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRzYJullFOs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRzYJullFOs Max Headroom, Season 2, Episode 13 "Lessons" Have you any idea how suc-suc-suc-cessful censorship is on TV? Don't know the answer? Hmm... Successful, isn't it! Before something can be considered a threat (or even worthy of strong opinions), they must first realize it exists. Systems that depend on people forming such opinions - such as democracy and capitalism - should really consider anything that blocks or corrupts the dissemination of knowledge as an existential threat.

TeMPOraL 11y ago
Indeed. Moreover, the fundamental glue of the society - the thing that enables a peaceful governance, whether democratic or not, and flourishing free trade is trust. Trust people have toward each other, trust they have in their companies and officials. Lying is an existential threat to society itself. Many people are surprised by anti-vaccination movements, or anti-GMO and anti-nuclear crowds. One will say: "surely they must be stupid, they reject the science, the well-tested and replicated results of countless of studies". But they aren't, in fact, any more or less stupid than you and I. They had their trust in the system broken. They've seen enough shit pharma does to stop trusting doctors. They've witnessed enough scandals and have been victims of enough frauds to stop trusting the government or the big bio/tech businesses. Those "anti-science" movements are only a symptom of the greater problem, of society losing trust in the authority. The trust that has been eroded by constant and countless lies. So yes, if you're a journalist or an editor who writes and publishes lies to "spice up the story", you're responsible. If you're a marketer or a salesman or a businessman who lies to people to get them to buy your product, you're responsible. If you're a scientist who manipulates results to get publications, you too are responsible. As much and as little as the system may have made you to do it, but you are responsible. Responsible for the blood and the deaths, and the fall of the civilization if it happens.

by pdkl95 11y ago

TeMPOraL 11y ago

Indeed. Moreover, the fundamental glue of the society - the thing that enables a peaceful governance, whether democratic or not, and flourishing free trade is trust. Trust people have toward each other, trust they have in their companies and officials. Lying is an existential threat to society itself. Many people are surprised by anti-vaccination movements, or anti-GMO and anti-nuclear crowds. One will say: "surely they must be stupid, they reject the science, the well-tested and replicated results of countless of studies". But they aren't, in fact, any more or less stupid than you and I. They had their trust in the system broken. They've seen enough shit pharma does to stop trusting doctors. They've witnessed enough scandals and have been victims of enough frauds to stop trusting the government or the big bio/tech businesses. Those "anti-science" movements are only a symptom of the greater problem, of society losing trust in the authority. The trust that has been eroded by constant and countless lies. So yes, if you're a journalist or an editor who writes and publishes lies to "spice up the story", you're responsible. If you're a marketer or a salesman or a businessman who lies to people to get them to buy your product, you're responsible. If you're a scientist who manipulates results to get publications, you too are responsible. As much and as little as the system may have made you to do it, but you are responsible. Responsible for the blood and the deaths, and the fall of the civilization if it happens.