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Yeah, this whole "people are stupid" argument is incredibly dismissive. Not surprising of tech people's giant ego. Do people really want their doctor to invest
by manux 6y ago
Yeah, this whole "people are stupid" argument is incredibly dismissive. Not surprising of tech people's giant ego.
Do people really want their doctor to invest several hours a week understanding the latest shenanigans and dangers of technology? Or should we just let our doctors be good doctors? Replace "doctor" by any other non-tech profession you respect, and you get my point.
This isn't even about protecting "stupid" people, it's about letting people be useful members of society even if they're not tech experts.
- Nextgrid 6y agoI absolutely think regulation should be in place to protect against people/companies acting maliciously (thus preventing a Cambridge Analytica from existing in the first place), and I guess the reason people were so trusting is because they do expect such regulations to exist. However, I disagree with modifying/removing a legitimate feature (API access) just because it can be abused. Otherwise, why not go further and also ban knives (or go after supermarkets that sell them) to solve knife crime?
- manux 6y ago> Otherwise, why not go further and also ban knives (or go after supermarkets that sell them) to solve knife crime? That sounds like a very slippery argument, but no, the way to solve knife crime is not to ban knifes, it's to understand and "fix" the reasons (systems) why people do knife crimes in the first place (e.g. poverty, poor mental health resources). In this case, we need to understand how the systems (e.g. the API) allowed for this to happen, and perhaps yes, get rid of it (or perhaps some other solution, I don't know, but beyond CA it seems that even a "legitimate" use of the API can easily cause harm).