Tech Morality is Hard

https://forkingmad.blog/tech-morality-is-hard/

#Tech #Morality #Culture

Something I admire about those I follow on the Fediverse is that many of you seem to be highly skilled persons who could possibly land lucrative jobs in the current administration, or under a supportive oligarch, if you were only willing to abandon your ethical principles to do their bidding. But, instead, here you are! Congratulations!

#Ethics #Morality #Sunday #Music #LouReed #VelvetUnderground

https://youtu.be/Xhbyj8pqUao?is=q3GVUyPN1slsRB_o

The Shadow Tradition: Why Every Culture Builds an Altar to Its Own Darkness

Why 'dark side' philosophies recur across cultures, how dominant moral frameworks over-correct, accumulate a shadow surplus, and provoke counter-traditions, from Odin and Prometheus to Nietzsche, Jung, and even fictional beliefs (such as the Sith from Star Wars).

https://njb1966.github.io/posts/shadow-tradition/

#Culture #Philosophy #Power #Psychology #shadow #Jung #Nietzsche #darkside #morality

People take advantage of those they find to be bad. Because people find some individuals to be bad, they retaliate with badness towards the person they consider to be bad, using the justification that the person is bad. This is truly concerning.

#humanrights #justice #accountability #morality #ethics #systems #cycle #retaliation #revenge #truth #awareness #society #humanity #compassion #dignity #harm #cycle #power #oppression

*/ Imprisoned /*

Your toxic, creeping tendrils
Woven throughout my life
This insidious poison
Making false the freedom
I believed that I had already won

I am trapped, your ruination deep
Shame and your broken morality
Subverting what I could yet be
Your laughter, mocking, derisive
Knowing that my prison holds

But you, you rapist and liar
Deceiver, monster, and coward
Your miscalulation is immense
For I have told you, you thief of valor
I. Was. Never. Yours.

The prison you created cannot hold
With my every bloodied strike, it weakens
And when it finally crumbles
I an coming for you, deciever
And I am going to end your reign.

https://tiefling.bardicperspiration.com/index.php/2026/06/27/imprisoned/

#poetry #writing #religion #morality #AntiChristian #AntiAbrahamic #witchy

Analysis of the lyrics of over 380,000 English-language songs released between 1960 and 2023 found an increasing emphasis on harm, cheating, subversion and degradation.

Summary: https://www.iflscience.com/pop-music-lyrics-have-become-morally-darker-since-the-1960s-reflecting-the-cultural-landscape-83936

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-53778-9

Coming soon: somebody claiming that this is the cause of declining fertility rates.

#Sociology #Music #Lyrics #Morality

#morality : principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong

- French: moralité

- Italian: moralità

- Portuguese: moralidade

- Spanish: moralidad

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