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They’re not, and sure, more evidence is not a bad thing. Or is it? My reaction this time was “meh, this again”. I’m more and more desensitised. If anything, I

They’re not, and sure, more evidence is not a bad thing. Or is it? My reaction this time was “meh, this again”. I’m more and more desensitised. If anything, I found it demoralising. So maybe it is actually counterproductive.

dylan604 5y ago
Then, what are the purposes of the leaks. Street cred for the hackers, a moral checkbox off the list for a leaker, attempt at embarassment for the individuals/firms/banks involved?
- rich_sasha 5y ago
  Well, kudos to the leakers, and they are doing their bit, sure. I guess people with a penchant for investigative journalism aren’t the same ones as lobbyists, politicians etc. They are doing good work. It’s more that without someone taking it to the next step, it is in vain. It feels like yet-another report in what the world will be like if we don’t stop CO2 emissions. It will be very bad. There are so many reports like that, I dont bother reading them anymore. More desertification. More hurricanes. Hotter summers, colder winters. Droughts and floods, death and disease. Meanwhile CO2 emissions are still increasing YoY.
DoingIsLearning 5y ago
> I’m more and more desensitised. If anything, I found it demoralising. Reminds of this explanation of the soviet era 'hypernormalization': "The word hypernormalization was coined by Alexei Yurchak, a professor of anthropology who was born in Leningrad and later went to teach in the United States. He introduced the word in his book Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation (2006), which describes paradoxes of Soviet life during the 1970s and 1980s. He says that everyone in the Soviet Union knew the system was failing, but no one could imagine an alternative to the status quo, and politicians and citizens alike were resigned to maintaining the pretense of a functioning society. Over time, this delusion became a self-fulfilling prophecy and the fakeness was accepted by everyone as real, an effect that Yurchak termed hypernormalisation."[0] [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperNormalisation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperNormalisation

dylan604 5y ago

Then, what are the purposes of the leaks. Street cred for the hackers, a moral checkbox off the list for a leaker, attempt at embarassment for the individuals/firms/banks involved?

rich_sasha 5y ago
Well, kudos to the leakers, and they are doing their bit, sure. I guess people with a penchant for investigative journalism aren’t the same ones as lobbyists, politicians etc. They are doing good work. It’s more that without someone taking it to the next step, it is in vain. It feels like yet-another report in what the world will be like if we don’t stop CO2 emissions. It will be very bad. There are so many reports like that, I dont bother reading them anymore. More desertification. More hurricanes. Hotter summers, colder winters. Droughts and floods, death and disease. Meanwhile CO2 emissions are still increasing YoY.

DoingIsLearning 5y ago

> I’m more and more desensitised. If anything, I found it demoralising. Reminds of this explanation of the soviet era 'hypernormalization': "The word hypernormalization was coined by Alexei Yurchak, a professor of anthropology who was born in Leningrad and later went to teach in the United States. He introduced the word in his book Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation (2006), which describes paradoxes of Soviet life during the 1970s and 1980s. He says that everyone in the Soviet Union knew the system was failing, but no one could imagine an alternative to the status quo, and politicians and citizens alike were resigned to maintaining the pretense of a functioning society. Over time, this delusion became a self-fulfilling prophecy and the fakeness was accepted by everyone as real, an effect that Yurchak termed hypernormalisation."[0] [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperNormalisation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperNormalisation