Considering he may be one of them, one of the purposes behind this might be to widen Overton Window.
It goes like this: The digital panopticon and social credit score is already a done deal. It is already in the plans. What they need to do now is to somehow sell it to the general public.
Enter Overton Window. A way to coerce people into accepting something they would never thought of to accept otherwise.
It goes something like this and consists of several phases:
First that something is simply unthinkable. People go about their lives without even thinking about it. (In our case that would be total suveillance and social credit score.)
Then the concept is being entered into public consciousness as remotely possible, but still generally unthinkable.
Next step is making it technically possible, but still widely unacceptable.
Next comes the debatable phase. It is still unacceptable, but somehow becomes debatable. Various public debates are initiated. Pros and cons are being weighted. <--- This is where we are at now and quite possibly the very purpose of Peterson's speech was to move public perception from unacceptable to debatable phase.
Following phases are as follows:
Generally acceptable.
Encouraged and favourable.
Mandatory.
In any case, it's just a thought. I don't know if I'm correct or not. Quite possibly Peterson genuinely wants to warn people... But if I'm onto something, then other terms to look up would be Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis and Hegelian Dialectic. Or, to simplify a bit, the same old Good Cop - Bad Cop thing we've all seen in the movies.
Also, the fact that it is being published by Forbes - of all fucking places - does not help. Not in the least.
It's not really about separating information from the source... It's more about intent and purpose. What he tells here is true. Sure. We all know that. Why do you assume those politians do not know that? They do.
It's not about knowing as such. It's about intent and what comes next... and next, I imagine, there's a lenghty debate divided along political lines during which large part of society will become totally in favour of social credit score, while the rest will know no better than to simply follow the herd. And thus, step by step, those things are being done... I wouldn't be too surprised if all the contracts are already sealed and the necessary software is already being in development if not fully developed already.
We have the same goals. Of course social credit score is an abomination and of course it should be stopped. It's just that some see in Peterson fake/controlled opposition while others assume he is genuine... I do not know which is it, but my first thought was of Overton Window, so here you go...
You are painting a picture of your mind as the spiderman meme all pointing at each other. Why would you listen to what other people who you've never met decide whether or not someone is worth listening to? That's some herd mentality shit and I can tell you there's cows in the slaughterhouse who believe until their dying breath the line they are in is going to Disney Land not the butcher block.
Considering he may be one of them, one of the purposes behind this might be to widen Overton Window.
It goes like this: The digital panopticon and social credit score is already a done deal. It is already in the plans. What they need to do now is to somehow sell it to the general public.
Enter Overton Window. A way to coerce people into accepting something they would never thought of to accept otherwise.
It goes something like this and consists of several phases:
First that something is simply unthinkable. People go about their lives without even thinking about it. (In our case that would be total suveillance and social credit score.)
Then the concept is being entered into public consciousness as remotely possible, but still generally unthinkable.
Next step is making it technically possible, but still widely unacceptable.
Next comes the debatable phase. It is still unacceptable, but somehow becomes debatable. Various public debates are initiated. Pros and cons are being weighted. <--- This is where we are at now and quite possibly the very purpose of Peterson's speech was to move public perception from unacceptable to debatable phase.
Following phases are as follows:
Generally acceptable.
Encouraged and favourable.
Mandatory.
In any case, it's just a thought. I don't know if I'm correct or not. Quite possibly Peterson genuinely wants to warn people... But if I'm onto something, then other terms to look up would be Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis and Hegelian Dialectic. Or, to simplify a bit, the same old Good Cop - Bad Cop thing we've all seen in the movies.
Also, the fact that it is being published by Forbes - of all fucking places - does not help. Not in the least.
The inability to separate information from the source seems to be a serious hang-up for pseudo intellectuals
It's not really about separating information from the source... It's more about intent and purpose. What he tells here is true. Sure. We all know that. Why do you assume those politians do not know that? They do.
It's not about knowing as such. It's about intent and what comes next... and next, I imagine, there's a lenghty debate divided along political lines during which large part of society will become totally in favour of social credit score, while the rest will know no better than to simply follow the herd. And thus, step by step, those things are being done... I wouldn't be too surprised if all the contracts are already sealed and the necessary software is already being in development if not fully developed already.
We have the same goals. Of course social credit score is an abomination and of course it should be stopped. It's just that some see in Peterson fake/controlled opposition while others assume he is genuine... I do not know which is it, but my first thought was of Overton Window, so here you go...
You are painting a picture of your mind as the spiderman meme all pointing at each other. Why would you listen to what other people who you've never met decide whether or not someone is worth listening to? That's some herd mentality shit and I can tell you there's cows in the slaughterhouse who believe until their dying breath the line they are in is going to Disney Land not the butcher block.