Re:Curated list of personal blogs
by habibur on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @12:58PM
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Every genius in all ages held some weird view all their lifetime, even by modern standards. But history forgets those, and remembers their contributions for the good.
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History forgets most of the good ones too. We just remember some outliers.
I think his concern is it affecting job prospects, etc. Being recognized after one dies is not appealing to him :-)
(I often look at biographies, and being recognized only years after death is quite common).
Historically I think you’re mostly correct.
The question that I don’t think we have an answer to (but we see some worrisome trends) is: does this hold up in an era where those odd beliefs aren’t just a footnote somewhere but instead tightly bound to ones identity for the rest of eternity?
Basically, how does social media and “cancel culture” change things, or does it?