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PamelaDrew's avatar

It's been just long enough to begin to wonder what you've been up to and behold two pieces that will take quite a bit of rereading to absorb most of the fine points. Big time thanks!

As a case study framework it reminds me of Nils Meltzer, UN Rapporteur for Torture, explaining how he had been influenced by a propaganda operation so successful he failed to realize he was being brainwashed. "A murderous system is being created before our very eyes"

https://www.republik.ch/2020/01/31/nils-melzer-about-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange

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Michael Kowalik's avatar

My main (but still provisional) takeaway from this article:

One cannot claim ignorance as an excuse for causing harm by acting on the information provided by others if the agent in question did not seek to personally verify that acting on the relevant information will not cause harm. For example, a politician who causes harm by acting on the advice of experts cannot claim that he acted in good faith in trusting the experts; he is personally liable for causing harm because he failed to verify that acting on the relevant information would not cause harm and therefore intentionally acted with indifference to the possibility of harm.

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