Tag: Tyranny

Neuromined Triumphing over Technological Tyranny


Free Download Neuromined: Triumphing over Technological Tyranny
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1639080341 | 216 Pages | EPUB (True) | 2.5 MB
When our phones become our keys to access everything, will our lives be more convenient or more at the mercy of whoever can hack into our devices? Will self-driving cars help us maximize our time and get to our destination safely, or will they erode the autonomy and freedom we feel when we drive ourselves? What happens if the government, in the name of public health, gains access to the data in our handy fitness trackers and uses it to reward or limit us?

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The Tyranny of Opinion Conformity and the Future of Liberalism


Free Download Russell Blackford, "The Tyranny of Opinion: Conformity and the Future of Liberalism "
English | ISBN: 1350055999 | 2018 | 240 pages | PDF | 2 MB
We live in an age of ideology, propaganda, and tribalism. Political conformity is enforced from many sides; the insidious social control that John Stuart Mill called "the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling." Liberal or left-minded people are often more afraid of each other than of their conservative or right wing opponents. Social media and call-out-culture makes it easier to name, shame, ostracize and harass non-conformists, and destroys careers and lives.

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