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The idea of “putting information in people's hands” was seen as a net good due to the pattern starting from the printing press in the west. However the source o
by hnews_account_1 4y ago
The idea of “putting information in people's hands” was seen as a net good due to the pattern starting from the printing press in the west. However the source of information was still controlled by the elites. This mostly creates problems but in the case of the sciences, it was beneficial. Then we created a medium where even the source was a free-for-all and the pattern just collapsed. The lowest energy state of the system hinges on inherent biases and not on the Truth with a capital T.