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> 23. In general, tampering with brains, minds, emotions, and personalities is way more fraught on every possible level of ethics and difficulty, than tampering
by joshgrib 5y ago
> 23. In general, tampering with brains, minds, emotions, and personalities is way more fraught on every possible level of ethics and difficulty, than tampering with bodies and environments. Always ask what you can do by messing with the environment before you imagine messing with minds.
This makes me think of political ideologies that are more focused on how people should act than on changing the shared environment to work better for people as they are
- Something1234 5y agoI completely agree. So much of political ideologies are focused on the should, rather than how to change our state machines input. I usually try to think how can we change our environment to make ourselves more fulfilled, but it seems like no one else does.
- everdrive 5y agoThis is itself an artifact of human nature. If you determine how people should act, you can start working towards tribal allegiance and unity.