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Experts have a direct and obvious inventive to justify their existence. Radio experts warned us about TV. TV experts warned us about the Internet. If you live l

Experts have a direct and obvious inventive to justify their existence. Radio experts warned us about TV. TV experts warned us about the Internet. If you live long enough you see it over and over again

sweetjuly 1y ago
The existence of a similar contradictory example does not disprove the original point. It's okay to be suspicious and cynical, but nuance is still important. Assuming that anyone who has anything to gain by you believing them is out to get you is rash and leads you only to those who are more willing to lie about their motivations. Yes, doctors and Big Pharma (tm) are financially motivated to sell you cures, but the guy selling you a juice cleanse ""at cost"" for your cancer is still not trustworthy.
- ekianjo 1y ago
  > Yes, doctors and Big Pharma (tm) are financially motivated to sell you cures, but the guy selling you a juice cleanse ""at cost"" for your cancer is still not trustworthy. Two things can be true at the same time. Don't trust anyone because nobody is transparent about their incentives. Your doctor does not disclose to you that they were at a congress in Hawaii for company X when he prescribes you to use company X drug for your ailment.
kelseyfrog 1y ago
It's terrifying that this applies to doctors, teachers, firefighters, and entrepreneurs.
- ekianjo 1y ago
  We were not talking about engineers so thanks for your strawman
  - kelseyfrog 1y ago
    Maybe we live in different worlds. I see all of those professions justifying their existence. That's exactly why we should distrust them. They have an incentive to do so.
musicale 1y ago
> TV experts warned us about the Internet If they warned that it could become a distillation of the worst aspects of television... maybe they weren't wrong.
krainboltgreene 1y ago
Brother you just described every worker.
harvey9 1y ago
This reads like an attempt to restate the buggy whip idiom. It doesn't work well even though your point has some merit.

sweetjuly 1y ago

The existence of a similar contradictory example does not disprove the original point. It's okay to be suspicious and cynical, but nuance is still important. Assuming that anyone who has anything to gain by you believing them is out to get you is rash and leads you only to those who are more willing to lie about their motivations. Yes, doctors and Big Pharma (tm) are financially motivated to sell you cures, but the guy selling you a juice cleanse ""at cost"" for your cancer is still not trustworthy.

ekianjo 1y ago
> Yes, doctors and Big Pharma (tm) are financially motivated to sell you cures, but the guy selling you a juice cleanse ""at cost"" for your cancer is still not trustworthy. Two things can be true at the same time. Don't trust anyone because nobody is transparent about their incentives. Your doctor does not disclose to you that they were at a congress in Hawaii for company X when he prescribes you to use company X drug for your ailment.

kelseyfrog 1y ago

It's terrifying that this applies to doctors, teachers, firefighters, and entrepreneurs.

ekianjo 1y ago
We were not talking about engineers so thanks for your strawman
- kelseyfrog 1y ago
  Maybe we live in different worlds. I see all of those professions justifying their existence. That's exactly why we should distrust them. They have an incentive to do so.

musicale 1y ago

> TV experts warned us about the Internet If they warned that it could become a distillation of the worst aspects of television... maybe they weren't wrong.

krainboltgreene 1y ago

Brother you just described every worker.

harvey9 1y ago

This reads like an attempt to restate the buggy whip idiom. It doesn't work well even though your point has some merit.