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Excellent read, thanks! I guess this is what we call populism today. Relatively smart people filling the minds of the populace with stupidity, slogans and catch
by jq-r 4y ago
Excellent read, thanks! I guess this is what we call populism today. Relatively smart people filling the minds of the populace with stupidity, slogans and catchwords just to do their bidding when the time comes.
- dredmorbius 4y agoIt doesn't have to be populism. It could be a toddler or child near dangerous equipment, it could be a primitive society, or an arrogant colonialising force ignoring local wisdom. It could be management interfering with engineers, or engineers with management. It could be the general public trying to address complex topics. It could be specialists presuming greater understanding over complex issues. It could be an individual or group blinded by panic, confusion, injury, or disease. It could be technologists attempting social fixes, or social practitioners addressing scientific ones. The common thread is that it is the ignorance itself, and the stupidity (perhaps domain-specific, temporary, contextual, or emergent) which matters. The essay is exceptionally insightful.