To exist — not only for itself, but for others — a consciousness needs a way to leave an imprint on the world. An imprint which could be recognized as conscious. Similar thing with personality. For any kind of personality to exist, that personality should be able to leave an imprint on the world. An imprint which could be recognized as belonging to an individual.
Uncontrollable content generation can, in principle, undermine the possibility of consciousness to be “visible” and undermine the possibility of any kind of personality/individuality. And without those things we can’t have any culture or society expect a hivemind.
Are you OK with such disintegration of culture and society?
In general, I think people have a right to hear other people, but not a right to be heard.
To me that’s very repugnant, if taken to the absolute. What emotions and values motivate this conclusion? My own conclusions are motivated by caring about culture and society.
Alternatively, it could be the case that the artist has more to say that isn’t or can’t be expressed by the imitations- other ideas, interesting self expression, and so on- but the imitations prevent people from finding that new work. I think that case is a failure of whatever means people are using to filter and find art. A good social media algorithm or friend group who recommend content to each other should recognize that the inventor of an good idea might invent other good ideas in the future, and should keep an eye out for and platform those ideas if they do.
I was going for something slightly more subtle. Self-expression is about making a choice. If all choices are realized before you have a chance to make them, your ability to express yourself is undermined.
To me that’s very repugnant, if taken to the absolute. What emotions and values motivate this conclusion? My own conclusions are motivated by caring about culture and society.
I wouldn’t take the principle to an absolute- there are exceptions, like the need to be heard by friends and family and by those with power over you. Outside of a few specific contexts, however, I think people ought to have the freedom to listen to or ignore anyone they like. A right to be heard by all of society for the sake of leaving a personal imprint on culture infringes on that freedom.
Speaking only for myself, I’m not actually that invested in leaving an individual mark on society- when I put effort into something I value, whether people recognize that I’ve done so is not often something I worry about, and the way people perceive me doesn’t usually have much to do with how I define myself. Most of the art I’ve created in my life I’ve never actually shared with anyone- not out of shame, but just because I’ve never gotten around to it.
I realize I’m pretty unusual in the regard, which may be biasing my views. However, I think I am possibly evidence against the notion that a desire to leave a mark on the culture is fundamental to human identity
I tried to describe necessary conditions which are needed for society and culture to exist. Do you agree that what I’ve described are necessary conditions?
I realize I’m pretty unusual in the regard, which may be biasing my views. However, I think I am possibly evidence against the notion that a desire to leave a mark on the culture is fundamental to human identity
Relevant part of my argument was “if your personality gets limitlessly copied and modified, your personality doesn’t exist (in the cultural sense)”. You’re talking about something different, you’re talking about ambitions and desire of fame.
My thesis (to not lose the thread of the conversation):
If human culture and society are natural, then the rights about information are natural too, because culture/society can’t exist without them.
To exist — not only for itself, but for others — a consciousness needs a way to leave an imprint on the world. An imprint which could be recognized as conscious. Similar thing with personality. For any kind of personality to exist, that personality should be able to leave an imprint on the world. An imprint which could be recognized as belonging to an individual.
Uncontrollable content generation can, in principle, undermine the possibility of consciousness to be “visible” and undermine the possibility of any kind of personality/individuality. And without those things we can’t have any culture or society expect a hivemind.
Are you OK with such disintegration of culture and society?
To me that’s very repugnant, if taken to the absolute. What emotions and values motivate this conclusion? My own conclusions are motivated by caring about culture and society.
I was going for something slightly more subtle. Self-expression is about making a choice. If all choices are realized before you have a chance to make them, your ability to express yourself is undermined.
I wouldn’t take the principle to an absolute- there are exceptions, like the need to be heard by friends and family and by those with power over you. Outside of a few specific contexts, however, I think people ought to have the freedom to listen to or ignore anyone they like. A right to be heard by all of society for the sake of leaving a personal imprint on culture infringes on that freedom.
Speaking only for myself, I’m not actually that invested in leaving an individual mark on society- when I put effort into something I value, whether people recognize that I’ve done so is not often something I worry about, and the way people perceive me doesn’t usually have much to do with how I define myself. Most of the art I’ve created in my life I’ve never actually shared with anyone- not out of shame, but just because I’ve never gotten around to it.
I realize I’m pretty unusual in the regard, which may be biasing my views. However, I think I am possibly evidence against the notion that a desire to leave a mark on the culture is fundamental to human identity
I tried to describe necessary conditions which are needed for society and culture to exist. Do you agree that what I’ve described are necessary conditions?
Relevant part of my argument was “if your personality gets limitlessly copied and modified, your personality doesn’t exist (in the cultural sense)”. You’re talking about something different, you’re talking about ambitions and desire of fame.
My thesis (to not lose the thread of the conversation):
If human culture and society are natural, then the rights about information are natural too, because culture/society can’t exist without them.