We have seen a pattern.
The average human being in not mentally equipped with the ability to avoid predatorial influence in the existent as which it is currently yielded via information technology and social media. Furthermore, the influence of AI in this field is accelerating this effect, as the algorithms which determine traffic also have determined that fear is the ultimate driver of average engagement.
The stoics would have advised us that we ought not to have our emotions and behaviors driven by anterior inputs; to do the right thing and to feel value in your moral behavior should always be internalized, and should not be influenced by outside judgement. You don't need a group of people to tell you what you know is right; likewise, you should not expect or feel that you require acknowledgment for doing what you know is the right thing in any given situation. Furthermore, to seek out atonement via the faults of others is a discouragement to your own self-worth.
Repent, all ye sinners, for the singularity is at hand, and that right quick!
The average human being in not mentally equipped with the ability to avoid predatorial influence in the existent as which it is currently yielded via information technology and social media. Furthermore, the influence of AI in this field is accelerating this effect, as the algorithms which determine traffic also have determined that fear is the ultimate driver of average engagement.
The stoics would have advised us that we ought not to have our emotions and behaviors driven by anterior inputs; to do the right thing and to feel value in your moral behavior should always be internalized, and should not be influenced by outside judgement. You don't need a group of people to tell you what you know is right; likewise, you should not expect or feel that you require acknowledgment for doing what you know is the right thing in any given situation. Furthermore, to seek out atonement via the faults of others is a discouragement to your own self-worth.
Repent, all ye sinners, for the singularity is at hand, and that right quick!
