There’s a reason that we look forward to the Darwin Awards, but hope we and no one we know wins one. This feels like a rationalization of the bystander effect by proxy.
Tools don't have agency. If it's proven one does have agency, we can start applying Nuremberg to it. Though odds are we're likely to be in deeper shit by that point.
> If your conspiratorial mind has the power to override the most obvious survival instinct, you aren't long for this world.
Why even write this? It comes across as so cold. Like mentally ill people just deserve to die since they are destined to die? Incredibly reductive and toxic.
There’s a reason that we look forward to the Darwin Awards, but hope we and no one we know wins one. This feels like a rationalization of the bystander effect by proxy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect
So should people get a pass or does that only apply to tooling?
That tool was just following orders.
Tools don't have agency. If it's proven one does have agency, we can start applying Nuremberg to it. Though odds are we're likely to be in deeper shit by that point.
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> If your conspiratorial mind has the power to override the most obvious survival instinct, you aren't long for this world.
Why even write this? It comes across as so cold. Like mentally ill people just deserve to die since they are destined to die? Incredibly reductive and toxic.