"Also distorting our sense of danger is our moral psychology. No one has ever recruited activists to a cause by announcing that things are getting better, and bearers of good news are often advised to keep their mouths shut lest they lull people into complacency. Also, a large swath of our intellectual culture is loath to admit that there could be anything good about civilization, modernity, and Western society."
Steven Pinker in 'The Better Angles of Our Nature - Why Violence Has Declined'.
Pinker makes a convincing argument -with extensive references- that things are getting better. That's no to say that violence isn't still a problem, things have improved though.
What is the collective toll of inducing FUD in our society?
But then... if there's humans tweaking the algorithms machines will just say whatever we want them to.
Steven Pinker in 'The Better Angles of Our Nature - Why Violence Has Declined'.
Pinker makes a convincing argument -with extensive references- that things are getting better. That's no to say that violence isn't still a problem, things have improved though.
What is the collective toll of inducing FUD in our society?
But then... if there's humans tweaking the algorithms machines will just say whatever we want them to.