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Because sometimes you only have seconds or milliseconds to decide how best to potentially save your own life and/or the lives of your family. Sometimes "safely escaping" is not som…

How is that comparable? Seems like a non sequitur

The violated policies were in regards to hate speech and bullying, no? How is this not a far worse case of hateful bullying?

Are you claiming only math majors are capable of understanding statistics and therefore should be the only people legally entitled to make decisions?

>the empty buildings and districts, and that mall in Beijing that is never going to attract any stores, or why the apartment buildings we live in is half empty but has a thriving a…

>she will make system more human centered, more friendly to humans. I can understand her, but I cannot understand you. Any marginal increase in human friendliness this may cause is…

They did end up showing her an ad for adoption

We cannot have open/honest discussion or make progress if we are too concerned with making sure no one gets their feelings hurt. There has never been a successful human rights move…

They won't admit it but internet mobs, viral click bait, and bots are all good for FB's stock price. They all increase engagement and active user counts. Saying they should fix the…

Nah, money is a strong motivator, and the sale of private information on the dark net is a lucrative world wide enterprise. How could you possibly know if one anonymous party has l…

You're falsely presenting theory as fact, as is quite common in psychological/psychiatric discussions; social and environmental factors seem to have very strong effects/influences …

>It's very easy to demonise Google and think they stand to benefit from this all, but in reality they are hurt by it as much as anyone else False if bot traffic > estimated bot tra…

Why are you so surprised?

Why did you put tracking in quotations? >Am I the only one who doesn't worry too much about all this "tracking"? Trying to avoid tracking is like some weird obsession/hobby. A curs…

While that may be true in many cases the example of Iraq and WMDs is more nuanced than most realize. The CIA was not reaching the conclusions that the Bush administration wanted an…

I can't tell if this is a satirical post or not? >I'd rather have my data safe with the Chinese government What makes you think (y)our data wouldn't be sold to the highest global b…

In terms of end result for the individual , what difference does it make if an internet mob blacklists you from employment for thoughtcrime or if a government bureaucracy does it?

>I think this is because most people that are against it only talk about turn key tyranny Why would people discount this?

Of course. Sorting by most recent, you can only blame your friends for promoting extremism -- FB remains neutral. But when FB promotes extremist/click bait content in your feed in …

Despite your argument being a false analogy, a bit of a strawman, and a non sequitur -- many historians have indeed chronicled the violent societal effects of the invention of the …

Scale matters . That's why mass murderers are considered worse than someone who murders just one person.

Fair enough. How do you think we should regulate these tools? Im worried that lawmakers cannot/will not truly appreciate the imminent danger of having billions of the most detailed…

>Well I personally owe an entire career to the fact I could learn to code for free thanks to add supported services. In my experience the sites which you pay a small monthly fee ($…