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Re:The boiling frog of digital freedom by ethbr1 on Sunday September 03, 2023 @11:19AM (#37371105)
My takeaway from social psych was that it was far easier and cheaper to convince 2 ignorant people than it was to change 1 educated person's mind.

Which boils majority democracy down to the median level of education.

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Re:The boiling frog of digital freedom by ImPostingOnHN on Sunday September 03, 2023 @12:22PM (#37371644)
considering technology is evolving faster than humans, using technology to exploit the unchangeable stupidity of humans seems like the winning move
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Re:The boiling frog of digital freedom by hakre on Sunday September 03, 2023 @01:16PM (#37372101)
The only question that remains then perhaps is, whether this statement was from the inside or the outside.
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