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A comment on Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific misinformation online. Parent comment

Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Sunday January 30, 2022 @08:09PM (#30143208)
Interesting point. Do you think were it not for outrage economy, would US tackle it faster/slower/at the same rate? Maybe the reason for outrage economy is that there is a fair amount of things to be outraged about.
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Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by s1artibartfast on Sunday January 30, 2022 @08:30PM (#30143380)
I personally think the majority of the outrage economy is counter productive. It is important to identify and communicate areas for improvement, but I think most of the solutions generated from the state of outrage are off target. I think emotional outrage is a natural response to some of the injustice in the world, but rarely helpful in actually solving a problem.
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