"It’s bad because it incentivizes being in pain as a way to exert influence over other people in the world."
Great essay by Duncan Sabien
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This is an interesting article, thanks for sharing. I agree with most what is said, except a tangential point: Facebook is now so big that it controls the livelihood or social life of many people, no longer “opt-in”, and therefore should not be allowed to hold private justice.
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This article gets at the heart of an ever-increasing problem in the West. We've forgotten that we can respect other people's distress without abandoning our reason and freedom.
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This is too easy. There are countless people for whom just "changing your mind" on an irrational belief is out of reach. So while I agree we should not validate what we believe to be invalid, we should tread very carefully when invalidating, and first consider the if and the how.
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