Question: how is the criminal justice system not racist? As I understand it. There are no laws banning slavery in prison, so there were financial incentives to move enslaved people to prison and there are financial incentives today to put people in jail which results in the perpetuation of racial biases in law enforcement
What is the difference between studying Politics and studying History?
Some people with certain identities are actively politicized throughout history, not understanding politics and thus not understanding the memetics of the social world which has the power to enforce rules upon you is not advisable if you're a person with one such identity.
Should I attack the anti-trans legislature attacking many in my community today, in the year 2023? Should I defend the rights and freedoms of undocumented workers given their productivity per capita when adjusted for wa...
Not sure why I'm getting downvoted for posting a quote from a communist in a post about collective identity.
I can only reason they are coming from:
If you are not one of these, please let me know so I can adjust my thinking. If you identify with one of the above I think it's better to use the disagreement karma since I didn't say anything factually incorrect afaik
The times when humans get closest to not having their own values, and acting robustly on behalf of another agency’s[7] goals are when they adopt a sort of collective identity, for example as a part of a military, cult, or clan.
Or corporation, many humans act in ways that maximize the profits of a corporation even when they believe that the work they do is a little unethical.
I'm very glad that there's people thinking outside of the individualist bounds that we usually set for ourselves.
Hello, I'm working on mechanistic interpretability alongside technical alignment. I'm interested in AI governance and how technical work can inform policy.