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bheadmastertoday at 11:07 AM1 replyview on HN

Yeah, and obesity would be solved if we had government-sanctioned food rations.

But I deeply dislike that solution. Personal responsibility beats authoritarive control in almost all cases.


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bguntoday at 11:53 AM

Isn’t “paying for what you use” the ultimate expression of personal responsibility, though? Is unlimited high-speed internet a basic human right? (I’d argue _access_ is, given its necessity in participation in modern society, but not unlimited data).

The point may end up being moot, however, since the dark patterns feeding the social media-data harvesting pipeline are driven by keeping most people hooked on algorithmic infinitely scrolling feeds, and that attention-selling system will fight any attempt to rein it in, whether cultural or governmental.

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