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Yeah and markets are notoriously immoral, so are manipulative bosses. We banned subliminal imaging remember. There's some blurred territory I totally agree, in
by zimablue 8y ago
Yeah and markets are notoriously immoral, so are manipulative bosses. We banned subliminal imaging remember.
There's some blurred territory I totally agree, in between egregious deception and "expected, competitive" deception eg. make-up, presenting yourself well on a date, moderating your opinions, but this example isn't even close. Noone expects buttons to not work and there's no unavoidable competitive marketplace in public infrastructure providers where there's some massive pressure to be immoral or die.
- ghostbrainalpha 8y agoI agree with your sentiment, but I think the extreme of your tone might put some people off. These buttons have bothered me for a long time because it just illustrates how short sited the thinking is in our government institutions. This small lie may reduce jaywalking by 3%, in the short term. But for the future generations growing up in a world where the government makes buttons that don't work, public trust will erode, conspiracy theories will seem more reasonable, and most importantly government employees will have a new standard to weigh their decisions against. If lying was permissible in this case for a slight benefit the maybe a slightly more egregious lie would be acceptable in a different situation. And on a separate note, once you expect these buttons to be fake people stop pressing them. When you then encounter a "real" button you miss an entire cycle on the crosswalk because you have been trained to ignore the buttons, and this results in people getting absolutely furious.