> but which argument should CNN choose? MSNBC? Other mainstream news sources with large audiences?
I would expect them to cover multiple points, not just one. The news's job is to distill complex topics to a wide audience. I fully expect them to talk about the major points: turnkey tyranny, nation state actors, and how this harms children. Assuming good faith. Covering a singular aspect is not in their cards as they are disseminating information to the masses.
> I'm not trying to argue against you, but reach a novel conclusion by discussing with you.
I misunderstood the sentiment, sorry. But I'm not trying to call you dumb or attack you.
> I'd prefer to dispense with the metric of intelligence altogether and focus on reduction of wasted complexity.
I'm totally fine doing this.
> It's far more a function of time and available energy one has to spend learning about an issue.
But this is also why I am advocating for this strategy. If the news isn't going to distill this information to the masses then it is our job as the tech literate crowd to do so. Since it specifically is a topic we are willing to spend more time and energy on to understand. Unfortunately that also means we need to spend more time and energy understanding our perspective audiences and take extra care to make arguments that are both informative and relevant to them. The advantage of our position, over the news, is that we have smaller audiences and so it is easier to be adaptive. But our disadvantage is our smaller audiences, lower reach.
I would expect them to cover multiple points, not just one. The news's job is to distill complex topics to a wide audience. I fully expect them to talk about the major points: turnkey tyranny, nation state actors, and how this harms children. Assuming good faith. Covering a singular aspect is not in their cards as they are disseminating information to the masses.
> I'm not trying to argue against you, but reach a novel conclusion by discussing with you.
I misunderstood the sentiment, sorry. But I'm not trying to call you dumb or attack you.
> I'd prefer to dispense with the metric of intelligence altogether and focus on reduction of wasted complexity.
I'm totally fine doing this.
> It's far more a function of time and available energy one has to spend learning about an issue.
But this is also why I am advocating for this strategy. If the news isn't going to distill this information to the masses then it is our job as the tech literate crowd to do so. Since it specifically is a topic we are willing to spend more time and energy on to understand. Unfortunately that also means we need to spend more time and energy understanding our perspective audiences and take extra care to make arguments that are both informative and relevant to them. The advantage of our position, over the news, is that we have smaller audiences and so it is easier to be adaptive. But our disadvantage is our smaller audiences, lower reach.