If you don't think that other humans are ends in and of themselves, then you can get stuck in some dangerously antisocial beliefs.

· Bits and Bobs 9/29/25
  • If you don't think that other humans are ends in and of themselves, then you can get stuck in some dangerously antisocial beliefs.
    • For example: "Techno Feudalism is inevitable so we should lock down megaphones so the plebes can't complain."
      • With the implication, of course, that the speaker will be powerful in this system.
    • Other people are not NPCs.
    • They are real people with real desires and needs, and even if they don't "exercise agency" as much as some steamroller personalities do, that doesn't mean they have less value as a human being.