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user-inactivated  ·  4085 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Humanizing Hubski

Would it be an act of dehumanization to remove yourself from the controls of your own perception, specifically how you perceive others to judge you?

And what you worded is just as interesting to me, because I am not at all interested with creating an image of myself here. But I also accept that it will happen. I believe it is beyond my control, but, pertaining to the topic of humanizing Hubski, I am now wondering if the beauty of this social construct is in the design... To break down the walls of human social behavior that evolution constructed since we first left the trees, that could arguably be more of a detriment to us now.





kleinbl00  ·  4085 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Let me break this down really simply:

I didn't try restating your question out of some zen "grasp the pebble from my hand" thing. I honestly don't understand your questions half the time.

"Would it be an act of dehumanization to remove yourself from the controls of your own perception" is like a Psychic TV lyric. I don't know what you mean by that. I think you mean "Is the effect as bad if you choose to opt out?" In which case I say "no, because you're choosing." But I'm just guessing here, man.

The fact that "what I worded is just as interesting" to you when I was literally trying to say the same thing using simpler language illustrates that a whole bunch is being lost in translation. I mean, do me a solid and rewrite this sentence:

    To break down the walls of human social behavior that evolution constructed since we first left the trees, that could arguably be more of a detriment to us now.

...such that a 4th grader could break it down.

We'll talk.

user-inactivated  ·  4085 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Since the first humans on Earth, people have acted a certain way with other people. If someone changed the way people act with each other, it could be bad for people as a whole.

There's my attempt.

kleinbl00  ·  4085 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Maybe so - but it loses the context. I coulda sworn we were talking about Hubski and its UI, not the whole of human history.

I feel more qualified to discuss the former.

user-inactivated  ·  4084 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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