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> And commercial food producers make their products more addictive too... How about the tobacco industry? How about illicit drugs? Porn? How about them? They a
by 31098347 4y ago
> And commercial food producers make their products more addictive too... How about the tobacco industry? How about illicit drugs? Porn?
How about them? They also designed their products to be addictive.
“Personal Responsibility” is just the shield that powerful companies use to avoid being regulated.
Shift the blame to the exploited and make it clear that their problems stem from their moral deficiency. Pretty convenient all told —- the personal responsibility of the architects of these systems and products somehow evaporates.
Personal responsibility cannot overcome AI designed to addict you. These services are not your friends. You are not the customer or the product. Your future behavior is the product. The only way to win is not to play.
- robonerd 4y ago> Personal responsibility cannot overcome AI designed to addict you. I agree with your general arguments but you're going too far here. Individuals can overcome addiction. That doesn't change the big picture of how additive substances and services effect society as a whole, and I agree corporations use personal responsibility rhetoric to stave off government regulation. But you're going too far by suggesting that individual addicts have no chance of quitting. Many people have quit, proving that it's not impossible. It's good to see the whole forest, but don't forget the trees.
- Forgeties79 4y agoI mean we also shouldn't let a few healthy trees blind us from a generally sickly forest, to continue this metaphor.