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There should be the distinction or at least allowances for, is X "good" and is X a "net good", which a lot of responses to the GP aren't admitting. I've watche

There should be the distinction or at least allowances for, is X "good" and is X a "net good", which a lot of responses to the GP aren't admitting. I've watched plenty of Youtube, even the now cliched defenses of DIY home improvement stuff (sink de-clogging and drywall patching for me). But for as good and helpful as the pedagogical content might be there is still the other side that subsidizes all that, that fosters some crazed asshole shooting up a yoga studio and killing two people (YT ref'd in first paragraph)[1]. Is YouTube good? Sure. Is YouTube a societal net good? Absolutely not. [1] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hot-yoga-shooting-tallahassee-florida-gunman-scott-paul-beierle-had-prior-arrests-for-touching-women/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hot-yoga-shooting-tallahassee-f... edit: spelling

ferongr 8y ago
Nice subjective opinion presented as fact.
lake99 8y ago
> there is still the other side that subsidizes all that Connect the dots for me. How is the existence of crazy people uploading videos to YouTube subsidizing educational content? Advertising is subsidizing educational content because that's how the money flows. If you were to put everyone literally in a straitjacket, you'd cut down on the number of crazy people shooting up random strangers too. If you want to build such a society, I will help you build it, and help you move there. I'm staying out. I think freedom is a societal net good.
bllguo 8y ago
Absolutely not? Strong opinion. Care to justify it? I'd be surprised if anyone was convinced by what you've written so far.