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Tech will not be able to stop people from saying what they want, even when they insist on lying to spread false narratives.
by savethefuture 9y ago
Tech will not be able to stop people from saying what they want, even when they insist on lying to spread false narratives.
- westoncb 9y agoThe solution should not stop people from saying what they want. It has to co-exist with that, and yet (maybe—just an idea) be better at funneling people to more objective sources of info, for example.
- savethefuture 9y agoSo you would like to control the information people receive and push them into different directions based on whether the "facts" are correct or not according to some set of rules? I think we need less reliance on tech and more common sense and independence of our own free thought. We should do our own research and investigative work before we believe the clickbait headline of the article we did not read.
- savethefuture 9y agoWe should also be very aware and cognitive of large entities pushing their own agendas with propaganda for the benefit of themselves at the cost of us. Think for yourself, and think about WHY something was said, rather than WHAT was said. We have to save the future..
- westoncb 9y agoWhile I agree, we have to also acknowledge the fact that people with entirely selfish intentions are already using tech for purposes opposite of what I suggest. So a big part of my motivation is just to combat tech being used to amplify capitalist motivations in news distribution.
- savethefuture 9y agoThen you have to figure out how to take down the social bots, and the people paid to spread disinfo, and all the people who are wrapped up in the disinfo :/
- westoncb 9y agoGetting rid of the disinfo isn't the only approach; you can also increase people's probability of ending up at non-disinfo in various ways. See my other comments here: not saying I have a solution, I'm proposing a search for one.