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This is the person who subscribes to the nudge politics of micromanaging people's soft drink sizes.[1] Which comes from the same type of political theorists (Ca
by jkldotio 13y ago
This is the person who subscribes to the nudge politics of micromanaging people's soft drink sizes.[1] Which comes from the same type of political theorists (Cass Sunstein chief among them) who believe it is a reasonable proposition to have a US version of China's paid political propagandists.[2][3] Only to be used for good though, obviously. So one can easily imagine when people get their hands on all this data, only to protect you from the terrorists at first, the argument will be swiftly made that it should be used for nudge purposes as well, seeing as we have the data now..
[1]http://www.amazon.com/Nudge-Improving-Decisions-Health-Happiness/dp/014311526X http://www.amazon.com/Nudge-Improving-Decisions-Health-Happi...
[2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Sunstein#.22Conspiracy_Theories.22_and_government_infiltration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Sunstein#.22Conspiracy_The...
[3]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party
- EvilTerran 13y agoI know "ad hominem!" is oft-abused on the internet, but this is a bona fide example for a change. Two examples, in fact. "Don't listen to what this guy's saying, he believes in nudge politics. Don't listen to nudge politics, the people who came up with it like China-style propaganda." From the other comments here, there's plenty of legitimate points against his arguments. There's no need to resort to cheap shots.