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I'd to posit that the "Yes, and.." through-line in this discussion is that there are no narratives/memes which cannot be weaponized into infectious parasitism b
by lukifer 6y ago
I'd to posit that the "Yes, and.." through-line in this discussion is that there are no narratives/memes which cannot be weaponized into infectious parasitism by Moloch; including the very model of ideas as viruses, the tacit implication that Something Should Be Done About That, stories of censorship, anti-censorship, anti-anti-censorship, on and on.
I certainly don't think it's wise to ignore the problem, and pretend the internet is merely Printing Press 2.0; but neither is realistic to cut it off at the source (even the printing press was not without side effects). The call is coming from inside the house (the human nervous system and its emergent inter-networked social incentives).
- labster 6y agoOne of the things I wonder about transhumanism and AI is whether we even want to optimize for human values. Or, in religious terms, original sin is real. But what value set we choose to optimize for, that's the problem. And the central question of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, where it never really gets resolved either. > even the printing press was not without side effects) Understatement of the Year award, right here.