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RE: Debate Forum - Week 4 - Debate Topic: Net Neutrality
Yes censorship will effect our ability to access content and curtail our freedoms. Look no further then China
Yes and No surveillance actions by large telecommunications companies and governments will shoot themselves in the foot and encourage innovation to work around it.
- Yes A small minority will work around it, however do to cost and complexity their solutions will probably be at a much smaller local scale. Which might be a good thing.
- No The vast majority of people will ignore or won't care enough about it or not even realize it as long as it doesn't effect them too much. Maybe I'm to pessimistic about people as a whole or in large groups.
I'll add that this type of manipulation is already going on with google searches and facebook feeds, etc. Filter bubble. Algorithms are already only showing you what they think you want to see. And like the "No" part of my answer you don't hear to many people talking about it or caring about it.
Do you think that the issue is much like the frog in the pot of water. If the water is hot, the frog will jump out. But if the water is cool, it will say in. Turn up the heat slowly, the frog will eventually die. Do you think they are turning the heat up slowly to try and catch people in the trap? What about those of us who are sensitive and ring the bell to warn people? Or is complacency too strong these days to even worry about it all?
Awesome analogy! I think that sums it up perfectly. Though I do think ringing the bell to warn people can be the spark that sets them on a course to be free. Though I think it really is the Spirit of God that wakes people up and God speaks through people quite often. But once they are woken up they start out as a spiritual baby and have to grow and mature. So we are really just sharing truth looking for those that God is drawing. Those that aren't being drawn may react negatively to the warnings or just ignore them. Just my $0.02