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At least here in the states, social media + anonymity hasn't exactly been a boon for human progress. I will never support the laws being proposed in places like
by alistproducer2 9y ago
At least here in the states, social media + anonymity hasn't exactly been a boon for human progress. I will never support the laws being proposed in places like the u.k and China, but I like the fact that we are forced to grapple with these ethical issues when laws like this are proposed.
Humanity is mainlining an experimental drug in social media. What makes it insideous is that most don't realize it. Governments are grappling with how to insulate themselves from the threat this tech represents; when will regular people do the same?
- eighthnate 9y ago> At least here in the states, social media + anonymity hasn't exactly been a boon for human progress. I'm geniunely astounded at the small but vocal pro-censorship group on hackernews of all places. Where did this come from? Just 5 or 10 or 15 years ago, the idea of any tech minded person being anti-anonymity would be incredibly shocking. Just in the past 2 or 3 years, there has been quite a small vocal group advocating against anonymity and advocating for censorship. Why? Not only that, there have been a rise in anti-open source software, anti-GNU, anti-linux rhetoric that is slowly rising on social media as well. I'm just curious what the mindset or rationale is? Is it because hackernews has grown in popularity beyond the programmers/IT crowd?
- tnone 9y agoThe new generation is more censorious and intellectually sheltered than before. Blame schools and colleges who decided to focus on providing a safe space, and the tech companies those students moved into.