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Re:Society has a trust problem. More censorship will only ma... by zipswitch on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @05:15PM (#30092829)
>we allow people to sound what alarms they want and patrons to decide for themselves what to pay attention to

I think the above alteration throws the dilemma into a little sharper relief.

We live in a complex society which requires a degree of deference to "expert authority" in order to function. Our collective ability to agree on how to determine who (or what) qualifies as such an authority is not working well. I do not have any answers in which I am confident, just Socrates line on the beginning of wisdom.

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Re:Society has a trust problem. More censorship will only ma... by mattnewport on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @05:54PM (#30093292)
> I do not have any answers in which I am confident, just Socrates line on the beginning of wisdom.

Socrates who was censored by being executed because he said things the authorities of the time didn't like? That Socrates?

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