Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring out of 'fear'

Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by shadowgovt on Monday March 01, 2021 @01:57PM (#26306622)

And perhaps, in this era of such free and open access to information, individuals are being held to a higher standard of not speaking from a position of authority without the knowledge that can be gleaned from that free and open access and not doubling-down on their ignorance when it is brought to light for them?

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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by farias0 on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:26PM (#26307071)

And who is the judge of what is and isn't true? You seem to imply social network consensus is a safe ruler for what kind of speech should be allowed but to me it sounds absurd.

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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by lostcolony on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:00PM (#26306675)

Or being elected and then turned power broker in a major political party.

It's definitely an interesting time to be alive.

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