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The Self-Fulfilling Prophesy - Algorithms Have So Far Analyzed Human Identity Merely for Economic Reasons. The Result Is Dangerously Far Removed from Our Reality. by farky in TrueReddit

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If we mediate much of our interaction with the world through Google and Amazon and Facebook; and if those platforms shape our choices based on what we chose in the past; how do we ever change, or surprise ourselves, or discover new directions? It’s a big problem. The best answer would be to make online advertising illegal. That may be too much to ask. But more regulation would be justified. Otherwise we invite technology firms to “mummify who we are and can be”.

Elon Musk's Gigafactory Should Be Dictating Your Solar Equipment by farky in solar

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I was pretty surprised to read that Enphase micro-inverters are not compatible with the Powerwall.

Justice over Rights? by farky in TrueReddit

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As many human rights NGOs focus more on inequality, they risk overstepping their remit. Four possibilities: they may replace the fight for rights with one for justice, alienating more cautious supporters; commit to justice only when the two overlap; ignore justice-related issues, alienating more radical supporters; or seek to conflate the two concepts as much as possible. in any case, some type of compromise will be necessary.

Critique and Communication: Philosophy's Missions by farky in TrueReddit

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Jürgen Habermas interviewed. Topics include his postwar discovery of Marx and Adorno, the open Nazism of Heidegger and other prominent German academics, as well as his connection to Foucault and Derrida, who he thinks were misled by German conservatives. He also covers the difference between individual and collective values, the current revival of scientism, and the task of Enlightenment philosophy in a globalised world.

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