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Exactly, this paternalism over (mis)information needs to stop. What kind of free society can we have if dissent is not tolerated? Some of that dissent will be

Exactly, this paternalism over (mis)information needs to stop. What kind of free society can we have if dissent is not tolerated? Some of that dissent will be nonsense but some of it will have some truth to it. It all reminds me of Paul Graham's What You Can't Say essay (http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html) "The statements that make people mad are the ones they worry might be believed. I suspect the statements that make people maddest are those they worry might be true."

incomingpain 5y ago
>Exactly, this paternalism over (mis)information needs to stop. What kind of free society can we have if dissent is not tolerated? Some of that dissent will be nonsense but some of it will have some truth to it. In the context of Mozilla. I fully support their intention of stamping out 'misinformation' and 'bad ideas' and I highly recommend to anyone and everyone they must stop using firefox or anything related to mozilla. They are hostile actors. How about society? We had a major societal inflection point in Canada recently. We don't quite know what all the consequences will be at this point. This wasn't new or out of the blue. Unfortunately this denouncement of PM Trudeau and his actions was across the political spectrum. While the current situation is a disaster, it's worse with what is about to come. 'It's the government's responsibility to regulate online speech to prevent radicalization'. Obviously this is being done under the guise of 'misinformation', 'hate speech', 'denazification, and 'anti-racism' This upcoming reality of censoring speech will target dissent far far more often than any sort of nazis in canada which isnt really a thing. The reasoning or why this is happening is far more important. Once you understand this and you really understand why Canada is in this situation. >It all reminds me of Paul Graham's What You Can't Say essay (http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html) Yes precisely but what makes things so dramatically different compared to today. Incidentally HN is well confirmed as having been taken over in this wrong way. Something that I wish I could do is do this analysis for right before the american civil war. I bet it wasn't even as bad as it is today. >"The statements that make people mad are the ones they worry might be believed. I suspect the statements that make people maddest are those they worry might be true." What happened to the universities? Used to be the bastions of free speech but are literally the opposite today. I am 100% certain I understand what's happening and why. I just wish I could see how this will be solved and I just don't see how.

incomingpain 5y ago

>Exactly, this paternalism over (mis)information needs to stop. What kind of free society can we have if dissent is not tolerated? Some of that dissent will be nonsense but some of it will have some truth to it. In the context of Mozilla. I fully support their intention of stamping out 'misinformation' and 'bad ideas' and I highly recommend to anyone and everyone they must stop using firefox or anything related to mozilla. They are hostile actors. How about society? We had a major societal inflection point in Canada recently. We don't quite know what all the consequences will be at this point. This wasn't new or out of the blue. Unfortunately this denouncement of PM Trudeau and his actions was across the political spectrum. While the current situation is a disaster, it's worse with what is about to come. 'It's the government's responsibility to regulate online speech to prevent radicalization'. Obviously this is being done under the guise of 'misinformation', 'hate speech', 'denazification, and 'anti-racism' This upcoming reality of censoring speech will target dissent far far more often than any sort of nazis in canada which isnt really a thing. The reasoning or why this is happening is far more important. Once you understand this and you really understand why Canada is in this situation. >It all reminds me of Paul Graham's What You Can't Say essay (http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html) Yes precisely but what makes things so dramatically different compared to today. Incidentally HN is well confirmed as having been taken over in this wrong way. Something that I wish I could do is do this analysis for right before the american civil war. I bet it wasn't even as bad as it is today. >"The statements that make people mad are the ones they worry might be believed. I suspect the statements that make people maddest are those they worry might be true." What happened to the universities? Used to be the bastions of free speech but are literally the opposite today. I am 100% certain I understand what's happening and why. I just wish I could see how this will be solved and I just don't see how.