> truth is the greatest weapon against the violence of ignorant tyranny.
Do you see this work in practice?
All I see is a dead internet filled with AI-generated fake detritus-like content, attention and behaviour manipulation, all sorts of dark patterns.
Truth alone doesn’t come close to protect you against ignorant violence. Ignorance is multiplied by tech at much higher multiple, simple because there is often little profit in spreading the truth.
Sure. I see it in every child cured of cancer because the truth of
Fourier means that Positron Emission Tomography can zap a tumour. I
see it when people dance to music because the truth of electrodynamics
and sampling theory mean artists in a studio can make a record for
millions of others to enjoy. I see it when people are warm in their
homes because Einstein's truth about matter and energy means they have
electricity. The world around us is literally a triumph of truth.
> All I see is a dead internet filled with AI-generated fake
detritus-like content, attention and behaviour manipulation, all
sorts of dark patterns.
You're looking at it wrong. What you see is a group of sad little
people who betrayed technology to assuage their own inadequacies.
They mostly took what other much smarter people invented to make
sordid little businesses out of leveraging ignorance. The world is
catching up with them and their deeds, mark my words.
Do you see this work in practice?
All I see is a dead internet filled with AI-generated fake detritus-like content, attention and behaviour manipulation, all sorts of dark patterns.
Truth alone doesn’t come close to protect you against ignorant violence. Ignorance is multiplied by tech at much higher multiple, simple because there is often little profit in spreading the truth.