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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27251 Posts 
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How do we blame the same rope as keeps our ships on dock for some ugly act of violence? The rope is not a WiFi device that took signals from the wrong netnwork, or an autonomous device which the user programmed.
We don't (yet) have smart objects. But from as long ago as The Golem, and more recently in The Twonky (1942, Philip K. Dick's story "Nanny", and Charlie Stross's "Rule 34" (2011) it's been pretty clear that smart devices come with consequences. Alexa, give them a flu. We could shift the target of blame from "the internet" to "social media designed to capture user attention". How's that?
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TomBoleware Inner circle Hattiesburg, Ms 2944 Posts
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The rope is the Method, like the Gun, and has nothing to do with 'Why' it was used. People don’t hang themselves because the rope is colored white.
And people don’t shoot others because the gun is pretty. The method and the reason are two completely different things. The internet gives people reasons, or so they think, to commit crime. It’s a place where they can get attention and even justify the crime in their own mind. With the internet they now have an audience to play to. The attention seekers with a messed up mind love it. Tom
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So it's like religion?
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magicfish Inner circle 6918 Posts
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On Oct 19, 2019, Jonathan Townsend wrote: No internet, no social media. |
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magicfish Inner circle 6918 Posts
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On Oct 19, 2019, landmark wrote: Some religions, perhaps, but not all. |
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tommy Eternal Order Devil’s Island 16365 Posts
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Give 'em enough rope, and they'll hang themselves.
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27251 Posts
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On Oct 19, 2019, magicfish wrote: We've had graffiti on walls and bathroom stalls, gossip magazines and Elvis sightings since people had black and white televisions. Is this about IP traffic, Everybody can see online content, or something more?
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magicfish Inner circle 6918 Posts
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"We've had graffiti on walls and bathroom stalls, gossip magazines and Elvis sightings since people had black and white televisions. "
So what? |
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27251 Posts
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So it's not public comment, sordid personal details made public, or specious reports designed to alert specific groups (Elvis fans in that example).
What then is your target of blame?
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tommy Eternal Order Devil’s Island 16365 Posts
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Bullets can only kill the body but the net can destroy the soul.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27251 Posts
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For better, indifferent, or worse, we have an easy-to-use tool: https://steganography.live/encrypt
Please, please, don't impute values or intention onto "the internet", lest you get what you wished for.
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magicfish Inner circle 6918 Posts
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It doesn't need values or intentions imputed on it for it to be a bad thing for the world.
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27251 Posts
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I prefer to consider our ability to communicate a good thing about the world. Whether people move information around to help or harm a moral choice.
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lunatik Inner circle 2935 Posts
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On Oct 19, 2019, magicfish wrote: Maybe even more relevant to a lot of current day academia?
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Josh Riel Inner circle of hell 1999 Posts
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People don’t hang themselves because the rope is colored white. Are you sure? Those 2 reasons for death are almost rational compared to others that we know of. Unbalanced people can surprise you with their reasoning, and I think just about everyone is imbalanced.
Magic is doing improbable things with odd items that, under normal circumstances, would be unnessecary and quite often undesirable.
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27251 Posts
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Firefox uses might breathe a little easier:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=377496 Seems they sat on this bug for 12 years!
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tommy Eternal Order Devil’s Island 16365 Posts
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Greg has virtually left the building.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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magicfish Inner circle 6918 Posts
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On Oct 28, 2019, Jonathan Townsend wrote: Ideally, yes. But in reality, no. Putting 4 billion people in the same room is never a good idea. |
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tommy Eternal Order Devil’s Island 16365 Posts
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There are spies working for twitter.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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On Nov 8, 2019, magicfish wrote: Especially if you have to wait for the one bathroom.
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