bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
@sim eunomia is a fucking EU funded project. they _want_ people to be anxious and trusting no one. no better way to have more control.
i mean look at this: https://eunomia.social/partners
"International experts in human-as-a-sensor and deep learning technologies", "A global leading university in blockchain technologies", "An interdisciplinary consulting and technology development SME comprised of social scientists, ethical and legal experts, and data scientists.", "With an interdisciplinary team focusing on behavioral aspects of social media", "A leading RTO in cybersecurity and P2P networks".
on the surface it looks like the usual complete bullshit (blockchain etc.), but if you read it twice it has a dystopic quality to it.
@sim i think fediverse is the least toxic place i know, every attempt at voting or stuff like that is likely to have negative impact. "downvotes" are especially harmul because people just have to hit the dislike button instead of engaging in conversations. you can really see this everywhere downvotes exist. combined with an AI it seems like recipe for disaster.
@sim i think all these ideas stem from a certain view on other humans (that most are too dumb and have stuff decided for then) that is fundamentally different from what at least i think is right (everyone is free to and has the duty to decide for themself).
if one follows the assumption that people are too dumb, we could as well just abolish democracy. that's what is even more infuriating about it, the people claiming to be poster boy democrats usually like to classify people as "too dumb".
But if you treat everyone as too dumb to make decisions for themselves, it creates a level of dependency that is unhealthy. They never learn how to fail and improve on their decision-making. They don't learn personal responsibility and accountability. They don't learn consequences. You have to give them the space to learn all of this.
Isn't that the thing? They've created the conditions that lead people towards ignorance, deferring consequences to somebody else. We don't even hold businesses accountable now because somebody else soaks up the costs that the business would usually have to. The government takes away from the future, so some future generation has to pay the price of their expenses. Individuals can indulge in whatever bad habits they like and somebody else pays for it. It's interesting to think about how we entice this way of thinking now.
Also, the education system no longer teaches us about the world we're in or how to navigate it so that we can be aware of the forces working on us... without that knowledge, what hope do we have to make fully informed and intelligent/reasonable decisions? We're left in ignorance by design. It's a lot easier to control the ignorant. Just defer all political decisions to politicians to vote on our behalf, defer learning about important issues and news to the media and let the entertainment industry teach us and our children about culture and all the important things in life.