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What exactly is this problem with this?

bee_rider 4y ago
I mean, maybe some people are homeless by choice, but some are due to misfortune and poverty. Using technology to turn a blind eye to poverty in our communities seems bad. Also you may trip over a homeless person.
- 6510 4y ago
  It would defeat the entire point of having them: As an example why to obey. It is not like you cant scale a tax with housing requirements. Could give them jobs too. It would take a bit of getting used to but if the only thing a person wants is drugs their potential productivity could be 10x that of ours combined.
  - bee_rider 4y ago
    You don't have to have a point, to have a point.
- edgyquant 4y ago
  Appeals to emotion are dumb. Try again
  - bee_rider 4y ago
    You may trip over a homeless person if you can't see them. Also papering over social problems means those social problems will bite you in the ass eventually. Never underestimate the power of a bunch of desperate people.
kbenson 4y ago
We have enough of people acting like their own experiences are indicative of the norm or are evidence of something happening or not happening, and using that to spread that message, that making this even easier seems like it would be a real problem. Are news bubbles a problem? Imagine if people actually block out reality on an even more direct level and what that means to their perception of the world. What if people can opt into trusty AR programs to "show" them the stuff in the world they're missing (the conservative conspiracy or liberal agenda), and those also selectively omit some other things?
- edgyquant 4y ago
  News bubbles in no way suggest we shouldn’t have the internet. People living in their own AR worlds isn’t an excuse to enact an intellectual dystopia
  - kbenson 4y ago
    I'm not sure who you're arguing against. Where did I say we shouldn't allow AR or this technology? I stated why it might be a problem (which is what you asked for), and why we should possibly pay attention to the negative consequences that might follow.

I mean, maybe some people are homeless by choice, but some are due to misfortune and poverty. Using technology to turn a blind eye to poverty in our communities seems bad. Also you may trip over a homeless person.

6510 4y ago
It would defeat the entire point of having them: As an example why to obey. It is not like you cant scale a tax with housing requirements. Could give them jobs too. It would take a bit of getting used to but if the only thing a person wants is drugs their potential productivity could be 10x that of ours combined.
- bee_rider 4y ago
  You don't have to have a point, to have a point.
edgyquant 4y ago
Appeals to emotion are dumb. Try again
- bee_rider 4y ago
  You may trip over a homeless person if you can't see them. Also papering over social problems means those social problems will bite you in the ass eventually. Never underestimate the power of a bunch of desperate people.

kbenson 4y ago

We have enough of people acting like their own experiences are indicative of the norm or are evidence of something happening or not happening, and using that to spread that message, that making this even easier seems like it would be a real problem. Are news bubbles a problem? Imagine if people actually block out reality on an even more direct level and what that means to their perception of the world. What if people can opt into trusty AR programs to "show" them the stuff in the world they're missing (the conservative conspiracy or liberal agenda), and those also selectively omit some other things?

edgyquant 4y ago
News bubbles in no way suggest we shouldn’t have the internet. People living in their own AR worlds isn’t an excuse to enact an intellectual dystopia
- kbenson 4y ago
  I'm not sure who you're arguing against. Where did I say we shouldn't allow AR or this technology? I stated why it might be a problem (which is what you asked for), and why we should possibly pay attention to the negative consequences that might follow.