i think what you are getting at is, could you model interaction in a way where you would like, sort of eliminate all of this information that you get from these differences across people? What would you have exactly? Like maybe if you had just a lottery thajus. To date, all those things are based on what makes that person different from somebody else. And sou it's hard to like, madell,. i think what you're saying is something i agree with, which is, whenever you have diversity of any kind, might be used to treat people unfairly. If we did everything except for what kind of pants people wore, people would start not in a bias way. They might
We think racism is wrong but what about “lookism” – a bias that favors attractive people over unattractive ones? If it’s wrong to judge people by the color of their skin, what about judging people for something that is only skin deep? We talk about two pieces today, a forthcoming philosophy article by William D’Allesandro “Is it Bad to Prefer Attractive Partners” and the Ted Chiang story “Liking What You See: A Documentary.”
Plus we select the topic finalists for our beloved Patreon listener-selected episode. Interesting list this time around!
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