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

Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by inglor_cz on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:54PM (#26307509)

I think the real answer is resilience. Enough people, especially those in positions of power (who decide whether to fire someone), must stop giving a shit.

There will be some evolutionary pressure there. I don't think Elon Musk would fire his engineer over a doubtful tweet, given that his own Twitter feed is pretty wild. Once some places establish themselves as safe, they will attract "mouthy talent".

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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by LegitShady on Monday March 01, 2021 @11:50PM (#26312006)

You will be declared alt right. You will be declared a nazi even if you are jewish.

Your employer will get phone calls, tweets, emails, constant harassment until they agree to fire you. They will use other people harassing you as a reason to fire you. Being fired is controversial, and they will use the firing as another weapon against you. "the former x company engineer let go because..." etc

They will talk about you in a million places a thousand times a day. People who never knew you existed will only know you as that guy who they said was evil.

If you work for Elon Musk, great. If you don't, you might be well and truly screwed.

When enough people stopped giving a shit they got lumped in with other enemies. That's the way orthodoxy works.

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