tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post6572679439837970391..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Policing Thought in Silicon ValleyStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-74638338766506247912019-06-10T16:11:25.363-07:002019-06-10T16:11:25.363-07:00@/Esther:
THEY are the cognitive elite. Their SAT...@/Esther:<br /><br />THEY are the cognitive elite. Their SAT and IQ scores tell them so. And their diplomas. <br /><br />They know better than you. No discussion needed.<br /><br />They have a seething rage at those who are not analytically intelligent. Because... what else is there?<br /><br />Curious.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-19486065332448728622019-06-10T14:24:56.445-07:002019-06-10T14:24:56.445-07:00According to their own description they need to ba...According to their own description they need to ban themselves. They are definitely a group who thinks they are “superior in order to justify discrimination, segregation or exclusion....”<br /><br />/EstherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-91887223793295413792019-06-10T11:43:25.569-07:002019-06-10T11:43:25.569-07:00Silicon Valley’s disgraceful relationship with Chi...Silicon Valley’s disgraceful relationship with China. <br /><br />That’s all you need to confirm Silicon Valley’s commitment to “free speech.”<br /><br />It really is remarkable that an entire business based on the freedom to copyright and monetize lines of code cannot understand the importance of free expression.<br /><br />For the good of the future world they’re creating, I would hope the Big Tech CEOs will be the first to volunteer for the gulag, but their lack of courage tells me otherwise.<br /><br />Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-44286805287291616802019-06-10T07:18:19.802-07:002019-06-10T07:18:19.802-07:00We've been down Mr Niall's road before. It...We've been down Mr Niall's road before. It was the FCC's Fairness Doctrine, and its goal was to ensure "diverse" viewpoints. It failed miserably, and was repealed in the '80's. Thanks to its repeal, Rush Limbaugh (not a guy I personally listen to, BTW) isn't publishing a newsletter on a rattling mimeograph machine in his basement. :-Dtrigger warninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310637474428322994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-79519042154138146312019-06-10T06:58:17.944-07:002019-06-10T06:58:17.944-07:00Robert Epstein has been one of the best voices of ...Robert Epstein has been one of the best voices of exactly what Google and Facebook are up to and, more importantly, how they do it.<br /><br />https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-internet-flips-elections-and-alters-our-thoughts<br /><br />All of his work is worth a careful read. He's a liberal Democrat, BTW, but he understands the importance of having our entire public discourse online dictated by a couple of monopolist tech behemoths with no accountability or transparency.<br /><br />Break them up.UbuMaccabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00237833458790876775noreply@blogger.com