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Wouldn't an even better question be: how do we build the kind of society where people can express their thoughts attached to their names without fear of reprisa
by minikites 14y ago
Wouldn't an even better question be: how do we build the kind of society where people can express their thoughts attached to their names without fear of reprisal?
- aes256 14y agoThe way forward, in my view, is not acceptance, but a complete separation of individuals and ideas.
- SideburnsOfDoom 14y agoYes, but that's going to take 100+ years. It's is not an argument in favour of real names only, today.
- kstenerud 14y agoA noble sentiment, but until it can be proven with solid evidence that such a thing is possible, it would be dangerous and irresponsible to force such an experiment upon people. History is rife with examples of people imposing what they just KNEW was right upon others, with disastrous consequences.
- minikites 14y agoThat's an interesting point, perhaps the goal I described is impossible. It just seems like aiming for anonymity is aiming low and solving the wrong problem.
- kstenerud 14y agoOr perhaps it is aiming high and solving the right problem. Unless one can back up their claims with good evidence, they're merely engaging in conjecture. Thus far, the only evidence we have points in favor of preserving the right to privacy and anonymity.
- prodigal_erik 14y agoIt's an appealing idea but I don't believe we're wired for it. "Busybody" and "judgmental" and "heretic" have been in the lexicon for many centuries. We evolved in tribes and villages which were too hierarchical and interdependent to tolerate freethinkers and too small (below Dunbar's number) for eccentrics to escape notice. It's the relative anonymity of cities, and the opportunity to reinvent oneself, that unleashed the rate of progress we see today.