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The problem with approach is that people only want to discuss the effects of technology when it fits their narrative. Which gets annoying very fast because the
by znpy 11mo ago
The problem with approach is that people only want to discuss the effects of technology when it fits their narrative.
Which gets annoying very fast because then a website becomes an echo chamber.
Also, it’s fine that mods/owners want to keep a certain tone on their website. People are free to go and discuss anything on other websites/communities, the internet is certainly not lacking in forums.
- vintagedave 11mo agoDoesn't that continue the trend of discussing the pens, not the writing? Ie, following your suggestion, effects are not discussed at all -- with lack of visibility and accountability, much as that article hints at. The world is nuanced. We cannot talk about tech without acknowledging what the tech does. And we cannot work on tech without being responsible for that tech's results when it works to fulfil its function. If someone works for an arms manufacturer, they are part of the system that causes gun deaths. Someone may be okay with that, and I am not arguing otherwise, but I am arguing it should be a conscious and acknowledged choice: to be part of that system but rationalise it away shows a worrying lack of personal ethos.
- znpy 11mo ago> Doesn't that continue the trend of discussing the pens, not the writing? Yes. That is why there are forums about pens and forums about writings.