>This is whataboutism, and it detracts from issues instead of productively extending the conversation This is a self contradictory statement. Calling someone's argument "whataboutism" is itself a logical fallacy…
The Communications Chief of Time Warner and former EVP at News Corporation writes speeches pro bono for the Prime Minister of Israel. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ginsberg
>The unique problem of the internet is that it allows bad ideas to infect, fester, and mutate in the minds of others at a speed never seen before, without the natural safeguards that we've always had: peer-review and…
Mass media in general has been profiting off rumors, gossip, and falsehoods for a long time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism The difference here is FB is doing it algorithmically on a much larger scale.
>Modern philosophies that disregard the special place in nature of Man, and deny Man's nature, are a mess and lead to some pretty horrible outcomes, such as the dehumanization of undesirable groups. Which philosophies?
Your anecdotal dismissal supports the parent commenter's point.
>Do you actually have something concrete in mind here Ideals codified in law. For example, the 1rst and 2nd Amendments. When generalizing with national boundaries, I of course do not mean to imply that literally…
>Why there are people who welcome the rise of Chinese/CCP hegemony when they are actively looking to crush [2] "Western values" is beyond me. Perhaps it's because Big Tech is full of people who favor Chinese ideals over…
Social media algorithms of course influence the Overton Window. It doesn't matter if the developers are consciously conspiring to do it or not; algorithmic bias is naturally inherent.
The same thing?
Are you asserting Twitter can't influence elections?
Just to clarify: by "material basis" I dont mean "intrinisic" but rather "representational" like how when money was first invented, 1 unit of money represented 1 unit of material wealth (i.e. one cow)
According to that logic, does money have any material basis in reality? Or is it purely authoritarian in nature?
>Once you start looking for such patterns, they become painfully apparent. Wouldn't it be great if we could help train others to be able to do that too?
A day full of intellectual stimulation and fun doesn't sound like a "waste" to me
Perhaps it signals the person has a healthy work life balance. >We go to work to get paid for our skills, not to go camping together or share our love of bird watching. Some people prefer to work on teams where they're…
>So the solution then, should be to socialize people in such a way that such views do get challenged. Which is precisely the opposite of what these major corporate speech platforms are doing by creating filter bubbles…
Classification
When our understanding takes one step forward and 2 steps back, there is a net loss of comprehensive understanding
Facebook paid teens $20 a month to access their browsing history and DMs https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-pays-people-to-access-the...
>Religion was created as a tool to control people and explain natural disasters. Mythology and religion also orignally served the role of upholding a unified value system and conception of reality which is critical for…
Is abstaining from conspicuous consumerism virtuous? If so, there is virtue to be gained by not exposing yourself to the incessant, persuasive, and obnoxious advertisements of television. When I quit TV I stopped…
When one spends the vast majority of their time working on computers with minimal human interaction, all kinds of social deficiencies arise
Equating corporate lobbyists and special interest groups with "secret cabals in black robes"? That is caroonish indeed. Unless of course you consider black suits and ties to be "black robes" ;)
>I swear it's almost like web designers are trying to make things worse. They are, because the business wants you to download the app.
>This is whataboutism, and it detracts from issues instead of productively extending the conversation This is a self contradictory statement. Calling someone's argument "whataboutism" is itself a logical fallacy…
The Communications Chief of Time Warner and former EVP at News Corporation writes speeches pro bono for the Prime Minister of Israel. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ginsberg
>The unique problem of the internet is that it allows bad ideas to infect, fester, and mutate in the minds of others at a speed never seen before, without the natural safeguards that we've always had: peer-review and…
Mass media in general has been profiting off rumors, gossip, and falsehoods for a long time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism The difference here is FB is doing it algorithmically on a much larger scale.
>Modern philosophies that disregard the special place in nature of Man, and deny Man's nature, are a mess and lead to some pretty horrible outcomes, such as the dehumanization of undesirable groups. Which philosophies?
Your anecdotal dismissal supports the parent commenter's point.
>Do you actually have something concrete in mind here Ideals codified in law. For example, the 1rst and 2nd Amendments. When generalizing with national boundaries, I of course do not mean to imply that literally…
>Why there are people who welcome the rise of Chinese/CCP hegemony when they are actively looking to crush [2] "Western values" is beyond me. Perhaps it's because Big Tech is full of people who favor Chinese ideals over…
Social media algorithms of course influence the Overton Window. It doesn't matter if the developers are consciously conspiring to do it or not; algorithmic bias is naturally inherent.
The same thing?
Are you asserting Twitter can't influence elections?
Just to clarify: by "material basis" I dont mean "intrinisic" but rather "representational" like how when money was first invented, 1 unit of money represented 1 unit of material wealth (i.e. one cow)
According to that logic, does money have any material basis in reality? Or is it purely authoritarian in nature?
>Once you start looking for such patterns, they become painfully apparent. Wouldn't it be great if we could help train others to be able to do that too?
A day full of intellectual stimulation and fun doesn't sound like a "waste" to me
Perhaps it signals the person has a healthy work life balance. >We go to work to get paid for our skills, not to go camping together or share our love of bird watching. Some people prefer to work on teams where they're…
>So the solution then, should be to socialize people in such a way that such views do get challenged. Which is precisely the opposite of what these major corporate speech platforms are doing by creating filter bubbles…
Classification
When our understanding takes one step forward and 2 steps back, there is a net loss of comprehensive understanding
Facebook paid teens $20 a month to access their browsing history and DMs https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-pays-people-to-access-the...
>Religion was created as a tool to control people and explain natural disasters. Mythology and religion also orignally served the role of upholding a unified value system and conception of reality which is critical for…
Is abstaining from conspicuous consumerism virtuous? If so, there is virtue to be gained by not exposing yourself to the incessant, persuasive, and obnoxious advertisements of television. When I quit TV I stopped…
When one spends the vast majority of their time working on computers with minimal human interaction, all kinds of social deficiencies arise
Equating corporate lobbyists and special interest groups with "secret cabals in black robes"? That is caroonish indeed. Unless of course you consider black suits and ties to be "black robes" ;)
>I swear it's almost like web designers are trying to make things worse. They are, because the business wants you to download the app.