> I don't get the conception that the top problem our world have is people being judged about what they said.
It is not just what we say, they also judge who we are in their own terms.
> It's the news cycle, the constant barrage of irrelevant information. The murder of effective discussion and thought.
I agree that it is a big problem. In some ways we are the most educated civilizations in the history of mankind and yet public discourse is the stupidest it has ever been. I think this happens also [1] because everything we said is taken out of context, therefore only the simplest ideas can travel among the public. Imagine that you are a politician that want to disagree with their own party, what do you think people will hear more probably:
1) they are a traitor
2) they fully support our cause, however they disagree with this particular course of action because X
Without spaces and community in which we can discuss freely and with trust, complex opinions are difficult to form and defend. Since most discussions are either moved online or are easily shareable online by even one party we need strong privacy norms to allow such discussions to happen.
It is not just what we say, they also judge who we are in their own terms.
> It's the news cycle, the constant barrage of irrelevant information. The murder of effective discussion and thought.
I agree that it is a big problem. In some ways we are the most educated civilizations in the history of mankind and yet public discourse is the stupidest it has ever been. I think this happens also [1] because everything we said is taken out of context, therefore only the simplest ideas can travel among the public. Imagine that you are a politician that want to disagree with their own party, what do you think people will hear more probably: 1) they are a traitor 2) they fully support our cause, however they disagree with this particular course of action because X
Without spaces and community in which we can discuss freely and with trust, complex opinions are difficult to form and defend. Since most discussions are either moved online or are easily shareable online by even one party we need strong privacy norms to allow such discussions to happen.
[1] it is not the only reason, of course