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the overton window has a new view. According to the old direction, these subjects are 'not to be discussed in professional society', i.e. they are to be decided
by seydor 2y ago
the overton window has a new view. According to the old direction, these subjects are 'not to be discussed in professional society', i.e. they are to be decided by government and are considered intellectually dirty. Under the new rules, anything goes and needs to be publicly debated in order to remove the previous biases.
Curious to see whether HN is also following suit in changing its window, like every other online medium seems to be doing.
- pjc50 2y agoI hope not; you can often see rightwing nonsense in threads, and lord knows I argue with them often enough, but it's not reached the Twitter point of total unusability yet and still manages to have interesting discussions sometimes.
- rbanffy 2y agoI hope we can still hold discussions on "dirty" subjects in a dispassionate and objective way. Sadly, I see a lot of those typical short snarky comments now common in other online spaces. Also, this IS an important discussion, for it's creating social transformation that might hinder our species' ability to solve the difficult challenges ahead.