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I generally agree with you, and I'm trying to parse through this myself. I think one difference in the modern era is that the Internet and social media have blu
by darkerside 8y ago
I generally agree with you, and I'm trying to parse through this myself. I think one difference in the modern era is that the Internet and social media have blurred the lines between broadcast speech and individual speech. Historically, we recoil at any restrictions on individual speech. They exist (can't yell FIRE in a crowded theater), but they are generally considered an unfortunate necessity. However, most people agree that broadcast speech should be censored.
Now we're in an era where speech can start out as individual, and then be broadcast. Or perhaps it's better considered a false dichotomy in the first place. Either way, we definitely haven't figured out how to handle this as a society.
- deltron3030 8y agoSocial media is in a way a hack similar to money and property law, where you can carry or own more than you actually could in natural way without losing it or having to leave behind, only that this time it's with the local space that hooks into the global space and vice versa. Smashing natural boundaries like that creates anomalies that we have to learn to deal with. I think it's also something that will enable us to spread to other planets sooner or later, hopefully. Hacking natural boundaries and overcoming the self regulating mechanism that otherwise would take place could be painful in a way and bite us back. But just think about the global exchange of knowledge, people getting interested in things they never thought they'd have access to under pre internet circumstances. A hell of a ride indeed..
- darkerside 8y agoGreat comment, thank you.