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Yeah freedom in America tends to favor 'freedom to' rather than 'freedom from'. Cutting these disinformation sources off gives us freedom from some amount of ma
by npunt 6y ago
Yeah freedom in America tends to favor 'freedom to' rather than 'freedom from'. Cutting these disinformation sources off gives us freedom from some amount of manipulation. Meanwhile, if we're more concerned with the freedom to say anything anywhere, whatever limits imposed will be perceived by default in a negative light.
There's merit in examining from both perspectives for any given issue. However, if our objective is a better signal-to-noise ratio of truth in the context of slamming every human's stray thoughts, emotions, and urges into each other in realtime, the 'freedom from' perspective is probably a better approach right now.
- sthnblllII 6y agoSo you just want the thoughts emotions and urges of a tiny number of news editors slammed into my mind in real time. Ever wonder how the US was mobilized to war in 2003? Ever wonder why nothing happened to stop mass surveillance after the Snowden leaks despite massive public outrage? You make me sick.
- sthnblllII 6y agoFrom your most recent blog: > any individual's reputation, perspectives, and history are difficult to ascertain, and therefore their words must be taken at face value. Coupled with an almost complete lack of standards for participation in the community Let me translate that out of new-speak: "On the internet no one cares about my credentials (or is afraid of my power) so I must defend my positions on their own merits which I can't do, so we should ban people from the internet who express opinions I don't like." Would Hitler disagree?
- dang 6y agoI've asked you to stop posting ideological flamewar comments to HN
- zalkota 6y agoWho says that this information is bad untrue?