Was thinking about this over the weekend - There's a bit in the interview where the interviewer says himself (sic) 'in american in 2023 this kinda thing is not so extreme' - the fundamental question here being asked is 'is your new social network going to represent an ideal, non existing america or the actual america that exists'
So the answer for any social network is somewhere between, yes of course this will be a perfectly moderated utopia similar to mc donalds or some kinda spa weekender or this will be a completely unmoderated 360 degree glass panel view of the world - and I suspect that people want neither in practice.
I don't quite know what the solutions are, although I firmly believe in Ethics - and I wish that was taught at a younger stage in schools, I think it's good for the brain - perhaps there are some schools out there at the moment teaching such things, I hope so, but also an acceptance that the world is not built around individuals - and shouldn't be - a balancing of rights always has to be attained, so we can try and safely thrive in our individual lives - but it's a balance. It's hard, and not easy work. I try to come from the position of - most of us are trying our best, the world is complicated, rights needs to be balanced, we all need to listen, and while we arrive at our own positions, of course, other people do as well - we all have to live together, even with those we fundamentally disagree with and don't like - that's the society I kind of always recognised, and have actually felt at home in, so I feel there has been a major regression in various ways, but talking through this uneasiness or writing about it in a measured way surely helps. Anyway, those are my garbled thoughts of a Wednesday afternoon.
