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by 50656E6973 7y ago
>This is whataboutism, and it detracts from issues instead of productively extending the conversation This is a self contradictory statement. Calling someone's argument "whataboutism" is itself a logical fallacy designed t
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
The Communications Chief of Time Warner and former EVP at News Corporation writes speeches pro bono for the Prime Minister of Israel. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ginsberg
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
>If this very comment had been about some unrelated topic...it would be right for the comment to be censored from this discussion By that same logic, we should censor your comment, because this article is not about filtering bot/a
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
>The unique problem of the internet is that it allows bad ideas to infect, fester, and mutate in the minds of others at a speed never seen before, without the natural safeguards that we've always had: peer-review and social acceptan
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
Mass media in general has been profiting off rumors, gossip, and falsehoods for a long time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism The difference here is FB is doing it algorithmically on a much larger scal
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
>Modern philosophies that disregard the special place in nature of Man, and deny Man's nature, are a mess and lead to some pretty horrible outcomes, such as the dehumanization of undesirable groups. Which philosophies?
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
It seems you've got it backwards. Abrahamic religions, for example, created an "I-It" relationship by declaring nature to be subordinate to mankind in Genesis. The theory of evolution and the science of ecology defines the re
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
Indeed. And yet life expectancy is still lower for men, and is getting worse. Can we not talk about that for a moment?
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
Your anecdotal dismissal supports the parent commenter's point.
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
Money can create popularity.
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
>Do you actually have something concrete in mind here Ideals codified in law. For example, the 1rst and 2nd Amendments. When generalizing with national boundaries, I of course do not mean to imply that literally everyone born within tho
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
Using large geographic/national boundaries to generalize ideological categories is of course inherently erroneous to a degree; it's like the Zen Buddhist teaching of "a finger pointing at the moon". You seem to be gettin
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
>Why there are people who welcome the rise of Chinese/CCP hegemony when they are actively looking to crush [2] "Western values" is beyond me. Perhaps it's because Big Tech is full of people who favor Chinese ideals ov
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
Social media algorithms of course influence the Overton Window. It doesn't matter if the developers are consciously conspiring to do it or not; algorithmic bias is naturally inherent.
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
>changed the justice department policy to go after smaller 'fines' as settlements instead of prosecuting crimes.. only because of the simple fact that fines are easy to win, and criminal cases can be lost. This policy change co
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
The same thing?
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
>>[question] At what point does Twitter restricting world leader tweets become election interference and foreign policy interference >[answer] Never. While I agree with your logic, it doesn't seem like the person I was replyin
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
What about the Network Effect? What does it matter if anyone can have a say if they don't get heard?
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
>all who maintained a modicum of quality. Not exactly... "Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent of this state of misinforma
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
Are you asserting Twitter can't influence elections?
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
Yep: >tries to make it a new normal that entire people can have their "feelings hurt" (what?) by mere non-insulting opinions, and it tries to make it a new normal that all actors should censor any undesirable or potentially und
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
I wonder if it occurred to the son how much more of his father's consciousness lives on in himself?
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
By that measure it would seem data is the new money
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
Just to clarify: by "material basis" I dont mean "intrinisic" but rather "representational" like how when money was first invented, 1 unit of money represented 1 unit of material wealth (i.e. one cow)
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
According to that logic, does money have any material basis in reality? Or is it purely authoritarian in nature?
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
Its inherent in the business model: profiting off making people think, do, and buy things they otherwise would not have. Ever since the news feed ceased to be chronological, FB has become increasingly forceful with their filtering and sorti
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
>hating on Facebook is an excellent excuse for people to feel superior to the general population. "I know better than those ignorant proles, I wish they'd do what I think is best for them instead of what they want to do."
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
Do you consider it a free market if the government bails out big price manipulators when their scheme implodes?
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
Seems like trying to take away or limit the first amendment rights of multi billion dollar corporations would be far more difficult than trying to implement a media literacy course in school curriculums.
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by 50656E6973 7y ago
>Once you start looking for such patterns, they become painfully apparent. Wouldn't it be great if we could help train others to be able to do that too?

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