Re:Car Owners Should Control Data Collected by Cars
by stcredzero on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @02:35PM
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Principles. The principal is your "pal."
most people aren't disciplined enough to stick to their principals when a group they don't like is the one getting screwed
For most people, it's hard to keep out of group-think mode 100% of the time. It's especially hard to do when emotions are involved. As a consequence, most are only too happy to screw the members of the groups they don't like.
This is why one should stay away from politics where one is labeling another group as inferior or bad, based on how they were born, or based on what they believe. It's better to convince than to condemn.
Re:Car Owners Should Control Data Collected by Cars
by stuart78 on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @03:06PM
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I think it is even simpler than this in that most people don't realize they are being tracked in this way. It is easy to seem hypocritical when you are simply ignorant of a potentially parallel case.
Pedestrians are promoting dense and walk-able cities, environmentally sustainable transportation, healthy lifestyles and are generally virtuous. Drivers are wasting space, killing the planet, promoting a sedentary lifestyle and are generally evil.
Yes I'm being a bit absurd and over the top here but the point is that most people aren't disciplined enough to stick to their principals when a group they don't like is the one getting screwed.