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I think we forget because those stories aren't written down. To collect those stories as a reminder would be perhaps one of the strongest innoculations against

I think we forget because those stories aren't written down. To collect those stories as a reminder would be perhaps one of the strongest innoculations against blindly accepting the nice new shiny, short of having to repeat those mistakes every couple of generations to learn them anew.

A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago
One would think there are enough stories already written down. I am not sure I can add any new perspective. I remember, but since I did not really experience it, it remains a memory. It is kinda like now we seem to inevitably move towards new world war. People already forgot the pain. All the writing about WW2 does little to stop the crawl. I can definitely see your point though. Today I just feel, dunno, defeated on privacy front
- tempguy9999 7y ago
  Perhaps you're right about the stories. People don't want to read real life horror stories. I have actually wondered if VR with realistic reconstructions of war might be of value, to shake them up viscerally, which is really where people think from. Privacy, well I guess it's up to you in that if others are willing to sell themselves you can't stop them but there's a lot to be gained by blocking ads/JS/cookies in your browser and not having a smart phone. Although as ever there's a cost to doing that, one I'm ok with but others aren't. Good luck with whatever you do.
  - A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago
    I hear you. That cost was a lot easier to evaluate when I only had myself to consider. It seems it really depends on how you sell privacy. For example, my wife did not get why I was playing with setting pihole, but she did notice lack of popups on her kindle and liked that. As for VR, I think I agree that if it could make you feel sensations, maybe could achieve what stories could not (then again, would people pay to smell the air after D-day?). Right now, gaming allows you to feel detached from your decisions.
- tempguy9999 7y ago
  And as if by magic https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21504678 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21504678 "What It’s Really Like to Fight a War (nytimes.com)"

A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago

One would think there are enough stories already written down. I am not sure I can add any new perspective. I remember, but since I did not really experience it, it remains a memory. It is kinda like now we seem to inevitably move towards new world war. People already forgot the pain. All the writing about WW2 does little to stop the crawl. I can definitely see your point though. Today I just feel, dunno, defeated on privacy front

tempguy9999 7y ago
Perhaps you're right about the stories. People don't want to read real life horror stories. I have actually wondered if VR with realistic reconstructions of war might be of value, to shake them up viscerally, which is really where people think from. Privacy, well I guess it's up to you in that if others are willing to sell themselves you can't stop them but there's a lot to be gained by blocking ads/JS/cookies in your browser and not having a smart phone. Although as ever there's a cost to doing that, one I'm ok with but others aren't. Good luck with whatever you do.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago
  I hear you. That cost was a lot easier to evaluate when I only had myself to consider. It seems it really depends on how you sell privacy. For example, my wife did not get why I was playing with setting pihole, but she did notice lack of popups on her kindle and liked that. As for VR, I think I agree that if it could make you feel sensations, maybe could achieve what stories could not (then again, would people pay to smell the air after D-day?). Right now, gaming allows you to feel detached from your decisions.
tempguy9999 7y ago
And as if by magic https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21504678 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21504678 "What It’s Really Like to Fight a War (nytimes.com)"