If our bill of rights was truly immutable, slavery would still be legal and women wouldn't be able to vote. Doesn't sound like protecting against fascism to me.
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hnpolicestate commented on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah nbcnews.com/news/us-news/... · Posted by u/david927
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hnpolicestate commented on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah nbcnews.com/news/us-news/... · Posted by u/david927
The only thing worse than tyranny of the majority is tyranny of the minority.
It's more like tyranny of inalienable rights which is a good thing in my opinion. Every society should have a bill of rights that the public nor state can't change. That's how you protect against fascism.
hnpolicestate commented on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah nbcnews.com/news/us-news/... · Posted by u/david927
Watching the video of his shooting may change your perspective. I don't advise you do, though I'll absolutely confirm it would be miraculous to come back from something like what the video shows.
It was an absolutely brutal video to watch. I agree. Even with the absolute best field first aid, EMS and surgical response, arterial bleeding I think has a 60% survival rate? Again, if everything goes perfectly, timed perfectly etc.
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hnpolicestate commented on Ask HN: Technology Teacher Needs Validation from Smarter People · Posted by u/hnpolicestate
Like another commenter suggested, find somewhere else to work.
Your role requires you to be a willful agent in an institution that society (parents) decidedly outsources their responsibilities (education and moral upbringing) to.
If you aren’t seeing eye-to-eye with the institution, then leave. Please.
There has to be a private school somewhere in the United States that is opposed to this model. It's a shame if they do exist, they don't advertise themselves as such.
I want to teach technology to young people through a lens of anti-survelliance, anti-ads, anti-censorship etc
hnpolicestate commented on Ask HN: Technology Teacher Needs Validation from Smarter People · Posted by u/hnpolicestate
It's a toughie.
I think the Chromebook culture is a form of kneecapping that is harmful in its own way.
On the other hand we are seeing that the "open internet" is also harmful to children in terms of cyberbullying, pornography, etc.
My wife and I had a disagreement about letting my son (now 23) have my old desktop replacement laptop. As a child of the 1980s I saw the personal computer as a tool of liberation and something that taught me about math, science and technology at a personal level. In the 2010 my son found some dark corners of the internet that did him harm and I can say I know more than one of his cohort who had the same experience.
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I think of the bodies of thought from the 20th century that most needs to be revisited is the literature of "Total Institutions" including Goffman, Foucault, "One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest", etc.
The widespread distrust of authority is one factor that drove Donald Trump to power and leads to authoritarianism. If you think you are working for a dangerously authoritarian organization you should consider (i) disabusing yourself of that belief (e.g. you organization wields authority for a positive purpose) or (ii) getting another job.
"My wife and I had a disagreement about letting my son (now 23) have my old desktop replacement laptop."
But at least that's your son. We shouldn't outsource these difficult decisions to strangers, school, municipal, federal systems etc.
I wouldn't consider my organization dangerously authoritarian. But definitely authoritarian. I doubt any preferable locations exist in education. They all support this digital authoritarianism. Lastly, I don't have the economic means to just quit.
I can vent on HN though lol.