Figmentations: Holding Out Hope for a Self-Policing Web
Warren Whitlock
· 1 year ago
Ultimately ethical behavior is it's own reward. By opening up media to all, we know that anyone wanting to contorl the net would be trying to control everyone and everything. That seems unlikely.
Glad to see you are a fan of Dave Lakhani and Predictably Irrational. But Dave didn't write that book, his new book is Subliminal Persuasion.
figmentations
· 1 year ago
I wish all people felt that ethical behavior is it's own reward. I think some people draw the line in different places though. For some people, just making the sale is a bigger driver than being upfront and honest. Yet I also believe there is a broad spectrum of standards, awareness levels, focus, biases, and intents in our society....not all bad or evil, some even unintentional and innocent. I'm not as concerned about someone trying to control everything, but I'm more concerned about the waters being muddied up in a way that people can't distinguish good from bad/biased/incomplete information.
Thanks for clarifying the book authors...I can see how I wrote it in a way that was unclear...I'll use my clarifying comma sections better next time. :)
John Morris
· 1 year ago
You raise a very controversial point...
I tend to think about it more in terms of social interactions.
For example...
If I tell one of my peers or subordinates that he did a good job in giving a class, when in reality, I believe there's a lot of room for improvement...
From one perspective, it's a lie... it's wrong.
But, I also know that individual is scared to death of teaching classes and NEVER gets encouragement. All he hears is how bad he's doing... and the biggest thing he needs IS encouragement and confidence in order to get better.
So, I give encouragement, even if I think there's room for improvement... THEN, I continue to train him... encouraging the whole time.
So, is that unethical?
Ultimately, what I find with myself is that it's my ego that seeks a black/white definition of reality... and what's right/wrong. And, the more I let go of my ego, the more I can see alternate perspectives.
Finally, it seems that, often times, when we analyze these types of situations, we do so from "outside" context in which they're taking place... in order to be "objective".
But, the reality is that life happens "inside" the context. And, as is pointed out in "The Tipping Point", what a person does in one context can and usually will be completely different than what they do in another.
So, to me, the answer IS contextual and can't be analyzed effectively otherwise.
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Glad to see you are a fan of Dave Lakhani and Predictably Irrational. But Dave didn't write that book, his new book is Subliminal Persuasion.
Thanks for clarifying the book authors...I can see how I wrote it in a way that was unclear...I'll use my clarifying comma sections better next time. :)
I tend to think about it more in terms of social interactions.
For example...
If I tell one of my peers or subordinates that he did a good job in giving a class, when in reality, I believe there's a lot of room for improvement...
From one perspective, it's a lie... it's wrong.
But, I also know that individual is scared to death of teaching classes and NEVER gets encouragement. All he hears is how bad he's doing... and the biggest thing he needs IS encouragement and confidence in order to get better.
So, I give encouragement, even if I think there's room for improvement... THEN, I continue to train him... encouraging the whole time.
So, is that unethical?
Ultimately, what I find with myself is that it's my ego that seeks a black/white definition of reality... and what's right/wrong. And, the more I let go of my ego, the more I can see alternate perspectives.
Finally, it seems that, often times, when we analyze these types of situations, we do so from "outside" context in which they're taking place... in order to be "objective".
But, the reality is that life happens "inside" the context. And, as is pointed out in "The Tipping Point", what a person does in one context can and usually will be completely different than what they do in another.
So, to me, the answer IS contextual and can't be analyzed effectively otherwise.