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I don't know if I would be proud. It is very easy to be morally outraged for something that everyone in the West already agrees with. At this point it is almos
by ironjunkie 8y ago
I don't know if I would be proud.
It is very easy to be morally outraged for something that everyone in the West already agrees with. At this point it is almost a way to display a morale high ground.
I would rather see morale outrage on more subtle subject such as the digital addiction that Youtube etc creates, literally destroying lifes. [1]
[1] https://www.wired.com/story/our-minds-have-been-hijacked-by-our-phones-tristan-harris-wants-to-rescue-them/ https://www.wired.com/story/our-minds-have-been-hijacked-by-...
- partiallypro 8y agoOppression destroys more lives than an addictive freedom.
- ironjunkie 8y agoOne clear government oppression versus a new "hidden" oppression. In the long term I'm not so sure that your statement will stand.
- partiallypro 8y agoHow is a choice a "hidden" oppression? I can see an argument for algorithms suppressing certain world views being a problem...but as just a stand alone choice, that is not real oppression. If you think it is, you've probably never lived in an oppressive country. China is essentially stack ranking citizens for access to certain rights and you're concerned about people's viewing habits. We've gone generations of people claiming the same things about radio, TV, music, etc. In the end those were replaced or the next generation wasn't as attached...actual oppression is sticky.
- dplgk 8y agoIs it a choice if that things goes to great lengths to take advantage of you by manipulating known triggers in your human behavior? Some people don't have the will to choose, that's addiction.
- mcny 8y agoI think the reaction is much better than the reaction we saw out of Facebook about a leaked internal memo earlier this year.