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Douglas Murray said it well [1]: TLDR; the problem is that the tech companies have been flooded with people of a particular political kind after their politica
by asabjorn 6y ago
Douglas Murray said it well [1]:
TLDR; the problem is that the tech companies have been flooded with people of a particular political kind after their political factions lost. They went to Facebook and google bringing strong convictions with them.
They try to deal with things like hate without having thought deeply about it. What’s the next human emotion you’ll try to eradicate? Lustfulness? Gluttony? Envy? A war on pride?
Once you’ve decided you’ll take on the self appointed task of eradicating hate you’ll also take out some things that are true. Who is worthy of this kind of power? Who can do it well?
Western civilization has struggled with how to deal with human emotional excesses over hundreds of years, spilling lots of blood and tears, and we’ve learned that we have to reconcile within ourselves that there is something ineradicable about them.
We can expose human excesses, but as long as there is no incitement we just have to live with the fact that at some level people will say things we may not like or find wrong.
[1] https://youtu.be/YmNfm88pIe8 https://youtu.be/YmNfm88pIe8
- edmundsauto 6y agoWhat makes you think these companies haven't thought deeply about the issue, other than the fact that you disagree with their actions?
- asabjorn 6y agoIt’s a claim from Douglas Murray. Recommend the video. The opinion on it being a bad idea to try to eradicate hate is in the question of who is worthy of such power? When you try to eradicate what you think is hate in the way google is you risk also erasing truths. In my opinion only an unwise person would think themselves worthy of eradicating hate because they must think themselves worthy of this self appointed task. Do you think google is worthy of determining what hate is and eradicating it?