I think you might be looking for an argument where I was just sharing trivia. I found it something interesting about Ben Franklin. Ben Franklin was mentioned; that was the random trivia the slot machine of my memory landed on. If you're looking for an argument, might I suggest you'll find the Baccarat table more interesting than the slots. Tbh I'm not even certain why your mentioning purity tests?
I'll take your word for it being trivia.
I have seen a steady drum beat in all forms of media that is steadily anti-tech, dripping with misunderstanding, willful ignorance, and a large helping of xenophobia and racism (especially against Asians in the US).
So, I will constantly feel the need to defend technology as a concept, and fight for technologists and their goals as legitimate.
It's nothing personal. I will react like that to anything that I perceive as anti-technology as a concept. It'll be the real end of humanity. We're not all hunter-gatheres still. We're not all farmers. In the long arch, we're better off now than in the dark ages.
But the current media environment might as well be actively trying to have my family starve to death or be beaten up for my skin color.
The mention of purity comes from the fascination many people have in looking at only the bad in someone. You'll find it in everyone.
There's no finding good. Even the most flawed people can contribute good. I used to believe our systems allowed for that.
But the current media (and let me be clear, it's the decisions of the content creators and hosts primarily) does the exact opposite.
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