David's SlingMarc Stiegler
David's Sling
by Marc Stiegler · first published 1988
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…else.” > The Zetet: “Knowing only gray, you conclude that all grays are the same shade. You mock the simplicity of the two-color view, yet you replace it with a one-color view ...” > —Marc Stiegler, David’s Sling
on “Internet Sacred Text Archive” ↗…The Zetet: "Knowing only gray, you conclude that all grays are the same shade. You mock the simplicity of the two-color view, yet you replace it with a one-color view..." -- Marc Stiegler, David's Sling http://lesswrong.com/lw/mm/the_fallacy_of_gray/
on “Stance by China to Limit Google Is Risk by Beijing” ↗Thirty years ago I thought all the Internet conversation would amount to more. Thirty years ago (reading Marc Stiegler's book "David's Sling" [1]), I expected that the Internet would enable us to more effectively communicate, and enable us collectively to make better and smarter decisions as a society. And... that's not exactly what happened.…
on “We’re Bad at Death” ↗…anyone else.” The Zetet: “Knowing only gray, you conclude that all grays are the same shade. You mock the simplicity of the two-color view, yet you replace it with a one-color view . . .” —Marc Stiegler, David’s Sling It's true that "all humans are both sinners and saints at the same time" - but it's absolutely not true that all, or even most, humans have done something as bad as raping a child (to say nothing of…
on “'Sexual favours were the norm in music industry'” ↗It might be interesting to try that with "David's Sling" since Stiegler originally wrote it to use an early hypertext, then rewrote it as a novel. (Note, I have not seen the hypertext version, I don't even know if he ever ported it to html).
on “The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains” ↗since (before?) Scott Adams wrote 'The Religion War' David's Sling by Marc Stiegler(1988) comes to mind as a precursor.
on “Quadcopter drone group held in London airport on suspicion of terrorism” ↗…let people remain blissfully unexposed, their mental immune system ready to overreact to the slightest provocation. That is some of the ideas behind Marc Stiegler's "decision duel" idea in his book "David's Sling" [1]. He envisioned a system where two sides would lay out their arguments, and then the two duelists would link in arguments and counter-arguments to each point. This duel would occur with an audience…
on “How Ta-Nehisi Coates built the best comment section on the internet” ↗…else.” > The Zetet: “Knowing only gray, you conclude that all grays are the same shade. You mock the simplicity of the two-color view, yet you replace it with a one-color view . . .” > —Marc Stiegler, David’s Sling
on “Is XYplorer really written in VB6?” ↗…else.” > The Zetet: “Knowing only gray, you conclude that all grays are the same shade. You mock the simplicity of the two-color view, yet you replace it with a one-color view . . .” > —Marc Stiegler, David’s Sling https://www.greaterwrong.com/w/fallacy-of-gray
on “Kcgi – minimal CGI and FastCGI library for C/C++” ↗Can’t resist quoting David’s Sling[1] (not a masterpiece of philosophy by any means, but makes some good points): > We don't want to destroy advertising. We want to destroy manipulative advertising. We want to eliminate the kind of advertising…
on “I remember feeling derisive about marketing as a young techie” ↗