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R. Stallman did talk about all of that.
by p2t2p 6y ago
R. Stallman did talk about all of that.
- b215826 6y agoBut... but... I thought he was a misogynistic pervert who needs to be expunged from the face of the earth.
- mhh__ 6y agoCan he be both? He seems like a fucking odd guy, but he's not stupid in any way.
- Alupis 6y ago"Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them." - George Orwell, "1984" Stallman, like most of us (and nearly all prominent historical figures) can posses both positive and negative traits simultaneously. The good isn't always outweighed by the bad, and vice versa. Nuance is a difficult thing sometimes...
- mhh__ 6y agoI think this isn't doublethink at all. I agree on the latter point. In some contexts you do have to consider both, i.e. there are some loonies in every corner but the actual philosophy behind cancel-culture isn't necessarily a bad one of it wasn't the focal point of an extremely violent culture war and being aggressively pumped by social media not designed to encourage introspection or even basic humanity in its participants.
- croissants 6y agoThis isn't doublethink, because "he's weird and unpleasant" and "he has insightful ideas" aren't "two contradictory beliefs".
- Alupis 6y agoOne can simultaneously be a genius and a misogynist. To some people, the former is unacceptable so long as the latter exists. To understand an individual can indeed be both is the doublethink.
- centimeter 6y agoIt's a good idea to stop and think why megacorps all uniformly support modern social justice movements. Beneficial side effects include: * Racial diversity decreases worker cohesion and therefore unionization risk. * Dozens of reasons to get canceled means that anyone who has a social following can be torn down if they pose a threat.
- malwrar 6y agoI think it’s more likely emergent behavior born of individual executives making decisions that benefit their image and career, rather than some conspiracy. Having a diverse team looks good and deflects the political eye of Sauron from the largely white male upper management types, who are de-facto racists/sexists/etc in the pop culture lens. Who knows, maybe some of them genuinely believe that preferential hiring of diverse candidates is actually morally righteous.
- krallja 6y agoAs a (very!) low level manager, I’ve been espousing that diversity prevents groupthink for years. If we have too much groupthink, we risk driving off a cliff, high-fiving each other the whole way down.
- seneca 6y ago> diversity prevents groupthink Ideological diversity prevents group think. The modern "diversity and inclusion" movement actually strictly enforced a procrustean ideological homogeneity, ironically. It's probably the biggest modern example of group think.
- jjdin14 6y agoDiversity of what prevents group think?
- peruvian 6y agoEvery time my company does a push for diversity, they hire the same kind of people - middle to upper middle class, college educated, comfortable to well-off suburban upbringing.
- jannes 6y agoYou are both correct. Richard Stallmann was always treated a bit like a conspiracy theorist. However, there was no conspiracy. This is just the result of human greed at a massive scale.