Re:UK government’s plans to regulate the internet are a thre...
by ben_w on Thursday September 17, 2020 @11:24AM
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Reminds me of a scene from a trailer:
A: “You just killed him!”
B: “I didn’t kill him, the bullets and the fall killed him.”
Me? I don’t have any easy answers. The reason I value freedom of speech is the exact same reason I consider it dangerous: that it can effect change.
> blaming the speech in whole or in part removes agency from those who choose to react
How many people grok — really grok — that they have a choice to not react to their feelings? How many can really go against the tide of a mob when inside one? Can you genuinely compensate for the availability heuristic, or any of the other cognitive biases that a skilled propagandist knows how to manipulate?
A: “You just killed him!”
B: “I didn’t kill him, the bullets and the fall killed him.”
Me? I don’t have any easy answers. The reason I value freedom of speech is the exact same reason I consider it dangerous: that it can effect change.
> blaming the speech in whole or in part removes agency from those who choose to react
How many people grok — really grok — that they have a choice to not react to their feelings? How many can really go against the tide of a mob when inside one? Can you genuinely compensate for the availability heuristic, or any of the other cognitive biases that a skilled propagandist knows how to manipulate?