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Godwin's law came fast on this one! A part of me is uninterested in reading it because I find other topics way more interesting. But a part of me also feels I
by conanbatt 9y ago
Godwin's law came fast on this one!
A part of me is uninterested in reading it because I find other topics way more interesting. But a part of me also feels I can't read it. Because if I read it and I agree with it, I will have to balance honesty and integrity with oppression.
All my life I held all my controversial opinions quite openly, but this was the first time I actually fear being controversial.
I'm with Voltaire on this one: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.". A coworker can say something I disagree terribly with, that even could impact my life personally, and would consider it just the way people relate to each other, sometimes its not nice and thats it.
"Moral outrage" on twitter is a ridiculous measure for progress or improvement over people's lifes. It does terrible damage in so many levels. And companies listening to that are just succumbing to their PR and legal department, not striving to an idealistic work environment. Google can be sued for not firing Damore!
- xocyabencl 9y agoGodwin's law exists because "something we both agree is wrong" is a useful north star in an argument. Edit: If someone makes a general claim like "nobody should be fired for agreeing with any text x", it makes sense to test that claim by putting an extreme value in for x.
- conanbatt 9y agoIm not criticizing, if there is one thing the nazis did right was being a never ending example of what not to be/do. That said, I have not read Mein Kampf and its a similar situation. Is everything in that book ideological garbage? Maybe, maybe not. I actually dont know what its about! But trying to find that out in public can get you beat and people will clap in encouragement if that happened. Hell, I would be even afraid to google that book in amazon.
- ScottBurson 9y agoYou should definitely read it and make up your own mind: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3914586/Googles-Ideological-Echo-Chamber.pdf https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3914586/Googles-I...