Stephenson argues that in Diamond Age but it is not really true. Language policing constrains rather than specifies
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Not really. Constraining to a subcritical space where arms race of policing/dogwhistling makes society non-functional
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The point is, nuclear enforcement against slip-ups does not scale. They're already seeing their limits (Tim Hunt eg)
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Preference falsification is not the same thing as exercised power or complete control.
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They got him out of UCL, sentiment swung in his favor, UCL lost more brand equity than Tim Hunt himself. Pyrrhic.
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I certainly think that woman who originally misreported conversation is now a pariah outside her small world
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