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> The underlying nexus is that our ideals on free speech do not take into account human wetware bandwidth. Really well said. I'll admit I lean on "wetware" in
by patcon 6y ago
> The underlying nexus is that our ideals on free speech do not take into account human wetware bandwidth.
Really well said. I'll admit I lean on "wetware" in these convos too.
Free speech perhaps breaks down in net-centric reality. Social norms that worked in a 2D plane of existence are not guaranteed to continue working when physical space constraints start to break down -- when every human agent is networked to every other human agent, oh and also centers of massive compute resources (with operators who have their own agendas)
- starfallg 6y agoI would say it's even more basic than that. The "marketplace of ideas" paradigm only works when there is in fact positive incentives to sustain the marketplace. In a environment where it costs next to nothing to disseminate bad information for personal gain, there is no economic mechanism to stop people from doing it. Even if we had unlimited bandwidth, it would be wasted in such a war of attrition.