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The general public are too disinterested to make it possible to convince the majority to change the way they make decisions about software and hardware. Legisl
by basicplus2 7y ago
The general public are too disinterested to make it possible to convince the majority to change the way they make decisions about software and hardware.
Legislation is the only effective course.
- horsawlarway 7y agoI'm not sure how you can propose legislation without the majority approval. A functioning democracy legislates according to the will of the people. That means you HAVE to convince the majority first. In a broken democracy, you still need to convince the powerful (although this might actually be easier). But you still have to convince them to apply the same standard to those without power, which is likely a hard sell.
- mdhardeman 7y agoI'm convinced the parents of the US, and in turn broad bipartisan support, could get behind some sane legislation on this stuff if a massive dump like the New York Times one were deanonymized and focused on kids.