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This kind of org seems cheap enough to setup. So I am just wondering why can't the same model be used (secretly or openly) to hack minds to do good? What would
by moe22 8y ago
This kind of org seems cheap enough to setup.
So I am just wondering why can't the same model be used (secretly or openly) to hack minds to do good? What would it take?
It feels like Bill Gates web presence is a fledgling example of it. There was this Cass Sunstein/Obama admin "nudge" attempt which probably was a little too ahead of its time(?).
What would such an org look like in 10 years and what would you like to see them achieve in terms of hacking society (positively)?
- l9k 8y ago"Good people" wouldn't want their image degraded by the discovery of such tactics. Even when they don't really do these things but they just potentially could, they will be a target by their opposition (George Soros style). That means only "bad people" who don't care about integrity would do this.
- r00fus 8y agoThe memo that Sunstein wrote that you're referring to was in regards to competing with corporate power with similar state up-front advertisement spend (think PSA), not subversive mind-control like on display in the posting. The corporate-owned politicians have spent decades convincing people that if the government tells you something, the gov is lying or somehow up to no good. Sunstein wanted to push back on that.