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Yes, I agree, it should be required reading -- as part of an introduction to 20th century European history, of which a lot people today seem to be utterly ignor
by cs702 3y ago
Yes, I agree, it should be required reading -- as part of an introduction to 20th century European history, of which a lot people today seem to be utterly ignorant.
The parallels you allude to are... unsettling, at the very least.
Alas, I have a nagging feeling that the problem in Silicon Valley today is not so much that its very smart, highly educated people are ignorant of history, but that being blind to it is currently in their best interest.
- woleium 3y agoI prefer to apply Hanlon’s razor. It leads to a more satisfying life.
- cs702 3y agoHanlon's razor + Sinclair's dictum[a]: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by ignorance, especially when such ignorance is motivated by financial interests. --- [a] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21810-it-is-difficult-to-get-a-man-to-understand-something https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21810-it-is-difficult-to-ge...
- wnoise 3y agoIgnorance motivated by financial interests is a type of malice.
- zdragnar 3y agoOccam's Razor makes the cutting clean is a line in a song that's not really intended to have a message, but for some reason it remains completely stuck in my head
- kibwen 3y agoTurning a blind eye to obvious malice in exchange for the temporary bliss of apathy is a form of malice all on its own. Hanlon's razor is one of the dumbest memes ever devised, please stop promulgating it.