▲ 637 ▼ Subscriptions Are Ruining Our Lives. Here's Why They're Everywhere Now. | You'll own nothing and you'll be happy! (www.youtube.com) submitted 2 years ago* by trespasser69@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 160 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Yep, it's a propertarian conspiracy theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ll_own_nothing_and_be_happy https://www.reuters.com/article/world/fact-check-the-world-economic-forum-does-not-have-a-stated-goal-to-have-people-idUSKBN2AP2SP/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) This is why fact checks are bullshit. Reuters admits that a WEF social media video from 2016 that stated eight predictions about the world in 2030, including: “You’ll own nothing. And you’ll be happy. What you want you’ll rent, and it’ll be delivered by drone.” Now to make the statement false they bring in a strawman "Stated goal" condition and prove that particular part to be false, then claim that makes the whole thing false. Such bullshit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) That doesn't mean all fact checks are bullshit, just that fact checkers are people with jobs and opinions too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yes, it is possible to fact check with integrity. Not like this example. Opinions should not enter into fact checking as opinions are not fact. In this case the job of these people is clearly to perform damage limitation for the WEF permalink fedilink source parent [–] drake@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Fact checkers are all just self-important opinion columnists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Academic research is the standard that should be aimed for. References and no opinions. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) This is why fact checks are bullshit. Reuters admits that a WEF social media video from 2016 that stated eight predictions about the world in 2030, including: “You’ll own nothing. And you’ll be happy. What you want you’ll rent, and it’ll be delivered by drone.” Now to make the statement false they bring in a strawman "Stated goal" condition and prove that particular part to be false, then claim that makes the whole thing false. Such bullshit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) That doesn't mean all fact checks are bullshit, just that fact checkers are people with jobs and opinions too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yes, it is possible to fact check with integrity. Not like this example. Opinions should not enter into fact checking as opinions are not fact. In this case the job of these people is clearly to perform damage limitation for the WEF permalink fedilink source parent [–] drake@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Fact checkers are all just self-important opinion columnists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Academic research is the standard that should be aimed for. References and no opinions. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) That doesn't mean all fact checks are bullshit, just that fact checkers are people with jobs and opinions too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yes, it is possible to fact check with integrity. Not like this example. Opinions should not enter into fact checking as opinions are not fact. In this case the job of these people is clearly to perform damage limitation for the WEF permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yes, it is possible to fact check with integrity. Not like this example. Opinions should not enter into fact checking as opinions are not fact. In this case the job of these people is clearly to perform damage limitation for the WEF permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drake@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Fact checkers are all just self-important opinion columnists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Academic research is the standard that should be aimed for. References and no opinions. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Academic research is the standard that should be aimed for. References and no opinions. permalink fedilink source parent