I’m definitely not pro eugenics (or pro Palantir and billionaires), but that was not what I read in there. Taken on itself it had some merit to engange in discussion. I don’t agree with a lot of the points, of the tweet but there are, in my opinion, some are pretty valid. “The ruthless exposure of the private lives of public figures drives far too much talent away from government service.” for instance.
I think in a normal society, such ideas could be engaged with and weighed and measured as you say.
However right now, we’re in a ridiculous parody-like peak of modern corruption and shameless greed.
These screeds are written to sound intelligent in order to welcome this “debate of ideas” and lower our guard, but simply by the context of those pushing them, we know it’s just another attempt at manipulation and manufacturing consent, in order further farm the poor to enrich the rich.
It’s just mental ransomware: It’s constantly hammering us looking for any open port, any vulnerability, any slip-up, so it can take everything from us and rent basic humanity back to us with interest.
Fair enough, I’m myself am from the netherlands (where polarisation and rise of the far right does happen, but we still have some semblance of normalcy and social welfare and cohesion), so my context is a bit different. That’s maybe why I saw the merit of discussing some of these points.
But you are right, this coming from an AI surveillance company CEO and all the other weird shit happening in the US, and more places in the world, does warrant a heavy dose of skepticism and alertness.
I just was taken aback what people were reading here (like eugenics), what I totally couldn’t glean from the original tweet.
I understand and respect where you’re coming from, especially with your added context. I’m also sincerely happy for you living in a functioning state where people can still civilly disagree and discuss the merits of various viewpoints. :)
(I’m in the U.S, so yeah kind of surrounded by all this nonsense haha)
I too, find exaggerated and tilted reactions from any side to be exhausting. I know especially online these days people can be especially “knee-jerk” in how they respond, but at a core and human level I appreciate you trying to see this thing objectively. That’s very valuable.
But…yeah. That’s what these monsters do: They masquerade as “reasonable”, push views to extremes, pollute our discourse, and turn us on each other.
But I think that you and I simply having this conversation is a point for an optimistic outlook. :)
I’m definitely not pro eugenics (or pro Palantir and billionaires), but that was not what I read in there. Taken on itself it had some merit to engange in discussion. I don’t agree with a lot of the points, of the tweet but there are, in my opinion, some are pretty valid. “The ruthless exposure of the private lives of public figures drives far too much talent away from government service.” for instance.
You are a fool if you think this means anything beyond eliminating public accountability of the actions of the government
I think in a normal society, such ideas could be engaged with and weighed and measured as you say.
However right now, we’re in a ridiculous parody-like peak of modern corruption and shameless greed.
These screeds are written to sound intelligent in order to welcome this “debate of ideas” and lower our guard, but simply by the context of those pushing them, we know it’s just another attempt at manipulation and manufacturing consent, in order further farm the poor to enrich the rich.
It’s just mental ransomware: It’s constantly hammering us looking for any open port, any vulnerability, any slip-up, so it can take everything from us and rent basic humanity back to us with interest.
Fair enough, I’m myself am from the netherlands (where polarisation and rise of the far right does happen, but we still have some semblance of normalcy and social welfare and cohesion), so my context is a bit different. That’s maybe why I saw the merit of discussing some of these points.
But you are right, this coming from an AI surveillance company CEO and all the other weird shit happening in the US, and more places in the world, does warrant a heavy dose of skepticism and alertness.
I just was taken aback what people were reading here (like eugenics), what I totally couldn’t glean from the original tweet.
I understand and respect where you’re coming from, especially with your added context. I’m also sincerely happy for you living in a functioning state where people can still civilly disagree and discuss the merits of various viewpoints. :)
(I’m in the U.S, so yeah kind of surrounded by all this nonsense haha)
I too, find exaggerated and tilted reactions from any side to be exhausting. I know especially online these days people can be especially “knee-jerk” in how they respond, but at a core and human level I appreciate you trying to see this thing objectively. That’s very valuable.
But…yeah. That’s what these monsters do: They masquerade as “reasonable”, push views to extremes, pollute our discourse, and turn us on each other.
But I think that you and I simply having this conversation is a point for an optimistic outlook. :)
While maybe not eugenics, it is 100% white nationalist.