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Re:Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction' at lan... by afpx on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @10:51AM (#46961461)
History contains abundant, well-documented cases of ordinary people participating in atrocities without coercion. Most people will act decently in low-pressure environments and will act badly under certain incentives, authority structures, or group dynamics. There is no way to know what a person's threshold is until it's tested, but it can be assumed that most people have a low threshold.
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Re:Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction' at lan... by _factor on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @10:57AM (#46961590)
Parent and was implying “all” humans crave this power over others. This is patently false.

“Most” people won’t act badly to attain this power, “some” will. Being placed into a position and choosing harm is not the same as pursuing it.

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Re:Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction' at lan... by afpx on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @11:04AM (#46961722)
That is absolutely against the evidence, but yes people do like to think they are naturally righteous and good.
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Re:Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction' at lan... by klaff on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @11:53AM (#46962771)
What evidence is there that ALL humans crave power over other humans?
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Re:Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction' at lan... by afpx on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @04:14PM (#46967025)
We're literally animals

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dominance_hierarchy_sp...

One could try to argue that some of us are special exceptions. But, there's no evidence for that.

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