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Yeah but in this case it's not an outsider it's someone with firsthand experience of the cost of the mitigations, and the knowledge that the tiger isn't there.
by giraffe_lady 4y ago
Yeah but in this case it's not an outsider it's someone with firsthand experience of the cost of the mitigations, and the knowledge that the tiger isn't there.
I see your point, and understand the inclination to find a generalizable principal for understanding complex social situations. But there kind of just isn't one, each has its own nuances.
- vintermann 4y agoIs it, though? The article is what is commonly called "native advertising", paid for by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. At least they say so at the top. And the article is also open that this "crusader against machismo" started his crusade when working for an NGO. It doesn't say which, but at the very least one agreeable to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, I'd wager. That foundation is not at all reluctant about pushing their peculiar cultural perspectives. In particular, they are infamous in certain circles for promoting the American custom of infant circumcision of boys, as a preventive measure against AIDS. The science in support for that is suspicious, to put it mildly (it's worse than mere cultural bias, too). Does it really work, then, to teach male domestic abusers to change diapers? Was that sort of practical knowledge the thing they were lacking? I'm inclined to be suspicious - and also to be suspicious of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation's arguments for it.