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CW: USpol: Trump and the 1961 Milgram experiments
A thoughtful long thread by @wdlindsy
On Trump's dehumanising policies, the support these seem to generate among many normal folks, and how this relates to the infamous Milgram experiments from the 1960s.
Not a very rosy train of reflections, so (contrary to my usual avoidance of QTs) I refer to the thread by link and I give this post a CW.
Thank you to @wdlindsy for his thought-provoking thread.
https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/113929408245844500
#Trump #MilgramExperiment #StanleyMilgram #BanalityOfEvil #USpol
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> Why blame people? We may call this line of thinking an “#AgenticShift,” a term.. from #StanleyMilgram to name the process whereby humans transfer responsibility for an outcome from themselves to a more abstract agent. When this happens, we have relinquished control, which in the case of #TheComputer [#AI] means that we may, without excessive remorse, pursue ill-advised or even #InhumanGoals because the computer can accomplish them or be imagined to accomplish them.
#NeilPostman #Technopoly