A common argument is "Well, don't participate then. Nobody's forcing you." That's true. But the effects of those who participate, aren't limited to the users themselves. That's the point. If the super-intelligent thought-experiment convinces your neighbours to kill you, 1/
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for you to elect an autocrat, participate in an unjust war, etc, life is not gonna be good. Another argument is, "Well, FB may be bad, but allowing the gov't to censor it/intrude upon in is worse." I don't disagree with that, but even worse still would be an illusory freedom 2/
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