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Not everything has an ideal solution. We can't just magically apply regulation, technology or markets and fix every problem. Sometimes solutions create direct

Not everything has an ideal solution. We can't just magically apply regulation, technology or markets and fix every problem. Sometimes solutions create direct tradeoffs between freedom and security and we need to understand the valuing security can mean a loss of freedom - the PATRIOT act is a prime example. The best solution is occasionally to just accept that there is no solution, that the tradeoffs aren't worth it and that we should just educate as best we can but accept these things as problems we can't avoid without significant costs.

autoexec 7y ago
> Not everything has an ideal solution. We can't just magically apply regulation, technology or markets and fix every problem. Doing nothing takes us from having "a less than ideal solution" to having "no solution at all". I think we can try for sensible regulation that strikes a good balance between freedom and security while also acknowledging it might not be a perfect solution in every situation. The patriot act is a terrible example to use because even before it passed it was clearly going too far in the wrong direction and people concerned with privacy and civil liberties were very vocal in opposing it. The flaws were obvious but included by design and so objections were simply ignored. It simply wasn't an example of government making a good faith effort at sound regulation. It was a blatant power grab which they manipulated frightened people into accepting while ignoring all other objections. Some of these dark patters are essentially fraud and there absolutely should be a process for reporting them to a governing body for review.
- buildzr 7y ago
  > Doing nothing takes us from having "a less than ideal solution" to having "no solution at all". No, doing nothing takes us from having a completely harmful and destructive solution that's very difficult to change to having no solution at all. Sometimes, you need to be willing to accept no solution at all is the least harmful choice.

autoexec 7y ago

> Not everything has an ideal solution. We can't just magically apply regulation, technology or markets and fix every problem. Doing nothing takes us from having "a less than ideal solution" to having "no solution at all". I think we can try for sensible regulation that strikes a good balance between freedom and security while also acknowledging it might not be a perfect solution in every situation. The patriot act is a terrible example to use because even before it passed it was clearly going too far in the wrong direction and people concerned with privacy and civil liberties were very vocal in opposing it. The flaws were obvious but included by design and so objections were simply ignored. It simply wasn't an example of government making a good faith effort at sound regulation. It was a blatant power grab which they manipulated frightened people into accepting while ignoring all other objections. Some of these dark patters are essentially fraud and there absolutely should be a process for reporting them to a governing body for review.

buildzr 7y ago
> Doing nothing takes us from having "a less than ideal solution" to having "no solution at all". No, doing nothing takes us from having a completely harmful and destructive solution that's very difficult to change to having no solution at all. Sometimes, you need to be willing to accept no solution at all is the least harmful choice.