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I think your position is important - because I think this battle may be lost. Regulation is the only solution, but that’s just tossing the ball to another team
by intended 9y ago
I think your position is important - because I think this battle may be lost.
Regulation is the only solution, but that’s just tossing the ball to another team and hoping for a magic win.
Even should regulation manage to handle this - it’s only the first step between this and what worse comes next.
We’re moving directly to the worst options of mine control and people are only useful for the neurological reactions you can reliably induce in them.
- jessaustin 9y agoImprovement of society starts with improvement of self. If we each refuse to cooperate, by curtailing our "use" of various horrible online services, we can be the inspiration for our families and communities to do the same. I like to think that, but I have not-so-distant family who, after learning I would not join FaceBook just to help them with a problem they claimed was quite important to them but would be very responsive over plain old-fashioned email, haven't sent a single email.
- intended 9y agoSend an email yourself I guess. Perhaps there’s a set of minimally laborious actions on our part, that re-trigger the growth of old habits and mental connections. But now that I write that I’m worried someone is figuring out a model/way to do the opposite.