> jfred also introduces something that will probably prove useful in the long run if we are to actually address this problem: the notion of what he calls practi

> jfred also introduces something that will probably prove useful in the long run if we are to actually address this problem: the notion of what he calls practical user freedom, nudging us to discuss it in the same terms. This has some resemblance to the "Capability theory" by Sen and Nussbaum in political philosophy (or development economics, or however you want to classify it). As a very short example, various political freedoms someone may have are but so many empty words on paper if said person doesn't have any practical means of exercising those freedoms. https://iep.utm.edu/sen-cap/ https://iep.utm.edu/sen-cap/