It's a Mad Information War

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17 points·IAmGraydon··7 comments

Live as a skeptic and a stoic. That’s all I can do.

I construct my own coherent worldview, and keep it as clean as I can. I am hard to fool only because I remain painfully aware of how easily I can be fooled.

"And then the question must be asked: is this text here, the one you are reading, not just some kind of propaganda?"

I guess you are the good guys. Who pays your bills? Is this post propaganda?

This is clearly a propaganda piece.

Anyone saying it isn't clearly hasn't studied history or read anything by Tomas Schuman (1970-1991).

Has there been any consideration for a pivot towards an overarching strategy of radical honesty and openness? I believe the open source movement and developments in technology support its implementation.

> Has there been any consideration for a pivot towards an overarching strategy of radical honesty and openness?

Unfortunately this would work only if we also abandon competition. Otherwise those who are not honest would have a huge advantage (tragedy of the commons).

Two potential solutions I can think of are 1) being exponentially better than everyone else so it doesn't matter or 2) somehow transcending the need to compete at all. 1) isn't as stable but seems likely to feed into 2).

> Has there been any consideration for a pivot towards an overarching strategy of radical honesty and openness?

If you want to start going along that path, I think you need to take responsibility for being offended, e.g. let people know that you being offended by whatever they are completely open and honest about is on you and not them.

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