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> To be monitored is to be categorised which is to see yourself in an imperfect and distorting mirror. To be observed is to be put into a taxonomy - a cracked
by kelseyfrog 2y ago
> To be monitored is to be categorised which is to see yourself in an imperfect and distorting mirror.
To be observed is to be put into a taxonomy - a cracked funhouse mirror that never reflects the real you. Typifications aren’t a bug in the system; they’re the mind main feature. If the glare of categorization freaks you out, therapy is cheap and plentiful. And let’s be clear: the Noumenal - the unfiltered Real - is forever barred from our awareness. Everything we think and feel must pass through the sieve of perception. If that bothers you, congratulations. Welcome to being human. The only escape is non-being.
- bendigedig 2y agoCool story. I think most accept that we are unlikely to achieve thr absolute state you have described above, but we can reduce the scale of the bureaucratic categorisation and the associated distorted trail we leave; there is no question that the volume of such data has dramatically increased over the past century and is undoubetdly accelerating.
- kelseyfrog 2y agoSynthesizing a right because a person feels a way isn't valid.
- alganet 2y agoAre you declaring that you would volunteer for being permanently surveiled?
- kelseyfrog 2y agoBro, these internet debate tricks are not effective. Why not use a different strategy? I simply reject your premise.
- alganet 2y agoNot an internet trick, it's an old empathy tale. Would you want that done to you? Simple question. Not rethorical. It's not my premise. Do you accept your own premise? That you can't have that right.
- kelseyfrog 2y agoIt's a category error. Wanting it or not wanting it isn't even on my mind. I simply don't care. It doesn't bother me.
- alganet 2y agoSo you would, in fact, volunteer. You are leaning into it. It doesn't bother, right? Why not declare that you volunteer? Do you want me to leave you alone? Or can I keep investigating the real you?
- kelseyfrog 2y agoBro, Take a breath. You aren't going to gotcha me. It's a bad look.
- alganet 2y agoIt's a hypothetical. I already collected your volunteership for The Seer. It will watch you, not me. Don't worry. If you abandon technology, people around you still use it, and The Seer will be there, lightly probing you.
- kelseyfrog 2y agoThank you for the theatrical antagonism. It's fun, but unfortunately it's not a serious counterargument.
- alganet 2y ago
- bendigedig 2y agoAll of our rights have been created because of how people feel. How else would we decide what we collectively value? Logic is only logical if it is grounded in how we as humans feel.