What about giving non-government organisations the power to decide what is "insulting" and "hateful"? Do you think that is a good idea? Most enforcement in a society does not happen via fines or prison.
What if the infrastructure for monitoring and controlling speech is already in the hands of people I don't agree with?
What about giving non-government organisations the power to decide what is "insulting" and "hateful"? Do you think that is a good idea? Most enforcement in a society does not happen via fines or prison.
What if the infrastructure for monitoring and controlling speech is already in the hands of people I don't agree with?
Your last question is a good one - i think the implication being that there is some sort of monopoly in charge of the flow of information and opinion. That is theoretically possible. But what is that monopoly? It used to be (for us) the NYTimes/mainstream media. But then it was facebook. And then twitter. And then tik tok. and soon maybe AI systems. I dont like all these things, and they all vary in 'power'. And that power rapidly rises and falls. But I see a pretty wide range of opinions and information. And I certainly don't see how anointing one institution to police them all would improve things (indeed I would view that as highly dangerous).
Yep, it's about power. Concentrated power can be a very dangerous thing, benign dictators are rare. That's why I was encouraged by Deep Seek's recent breakthrough.
What about giving non-government organisations the power to decide what is "insulting" and "hateful"? Do you think that is a good idea? Most enforcement in a society does not happen via fines or prison.
What if the infrastructure for monitoring and controlling speech is already in the hands of people I don't agree with?
Your last question is a good one - i think the implication being that there is some sort of monopoly in charge of the flow of information and opinion. That is theoretically possible. But what is that monopoly? It used to be (for us) the NYTimes/mainstream media. But then it was facebook. And then twitter. And then tik tok. and soon maybe AI systems. I dont like all these things, and they all vary in 'power'. And that power rapidly rises and falls. But I see a pretty wide range of opinions and information. And I certainly don't see how anointing one institution to police them all would improve things (indeed I would view that as highly dangerous).
Yep, it's about power. Concentrated power can be a very dangerous thing, benign dictators are rare. That's why I was encouraged by Deep Seek's recent breakthrough.