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simonwyesterday at 8:31 PM1 replyview on HN

And just in case we are talking about different things here...

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/criticis... presents two different definitions (among several) of "criticism":

"the act of saying that something or someone is bad or a comment that says what is bad about it"

And

"writing or speech that expresses opinions or judgments about the good or bad qualities of something or someone"

I'm talking about the second here, not the first.


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GPersonyesterday at 8:48 PM

By uncritical I was trying to convey something like “without awareness or concern for the consequences of one’s own actions” and “without concern for one’s moral responsibility”. You are a better writer than I am so I’ll defer to you on whether or not this is incorrect usage. I agree that you criticize the products at the product level. This is what someone who wants to make the products better does. It is not what someone presenting as a journalist or reporter keeping an institution in check does. A journalist or reporter of government who gives tips to the administration by pointing out how they can dismantle institutions faster would be uncritical in their role, I think; this is just an analogy.

Give me a moment to consider your previous post.