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Disclosure: I work for an automaker, not on this kind of thing. === When I was growing up, one particular political party continuously made hay from the idea
by csours 2y ago
Disclosure: I work for an automaker, not on this kind of thing.
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When I was growing up, one particular political party continuously made hay from the idea of "big government" overreach, and how regulations should be removed and watered down, almost no matter what. Any regulation was seen as a bad thing.
This never made sense to me, as ANY large organization has the potential exercise excessive power. "Competition" is somehow supposed to magically address this, but that doesn't really make any sense either, as if something gives a competitive advantage, then there's no real choice in the matter, as all companies will be pushed in that direction.
It's almost like balancing rights between different people and organizations is actually hard, and there's no single cute slogan that covers every scenario.
Anyway, it seems like concern about privacy is finally coming to everyone's attention.
- from-nibly 2y agoDidn't we recently see an article talking about how Google was encouraged by the federal government because the federal government saw an opportunity for surveillance? The federal government is not interested in protecting privacy. We shouldn't trust them when they say they are.
- krunck 2y agoGovernments uses corporations to get around their constitution. These private entities in turn use the government to get around regulation. They work very closely together to achieve their goals.
- csours 2y ago"The federal government" does not do these things in a vacuum - they are influenced by voters. Re-aligning incentives can be a pretty intense activity (it is also a euphemism used by intelligence agencies). From a very high level view, "the federal government" is concerned about type 2 errors - not having enough information to prevent 'bad things' from happening. If enough people become concerned enough about the type 1 errors that come from this overreach, then political pressure will be exerted to re-align incentives. === https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_I_and_type_II_errors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_I_and_type_II_errors > A type II error, or a false negative, is the failure to reject a null hypothesis that is actually false. For example: a guilty person may be not convicted.
- bbarn 2y agoThat assumes the issues matter more to them than any of the hot-button political stuff they actually campaign around. Abortion, Gun control, etc.