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		A4ET8a8uTh0 on April 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitt... "You can never truly speak your mind" And that is a problem. Our communication depends on being able to articulate ourselves. Quality of our thoughts depend on the language. The quality of our discourse suffers, because our thoughts are being trained to offer 'safe' language. If you do not see it as a problem, we have a problem.

philosopher1234 on April 14, 2022 [–]

This is a fact of being human, and you will never “fix” it.

A4ET8a8uTh0 on April 14, 2022 | [–]

I disagree. And I disagree for one reason only. Never is an awful long time to state anything with any kind of certainty.

philosopher1234 on April 15, 2022 | | [–]

You will never fix it the same way you will never make a diamond out of ruby. It's constitutive of being human.

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