Mathew Crawford on Substack: "When trying to figure out who is genuine, consider the weaponization of the Streisand effect. When the powers want you pay attention to somebody, they censor them. If they don’t want you pay attention, they make them invisible instead [by channeling their attention away]."

When trying to figure out who is genuine, consider the weaponization of the Streisand effect. When the powers want you pay attention to somebody, they censor them. If they don’t want you pay attention, they make them invisible instead [by channeling their attention away].

"The Chomsky who recognized the don’t-think-of-a-white-bear Streisand effect created by laws that criminalize unpleasant speech and thought"

Margaret Anna Alice Through the Looking Glass

What Noam Chomsky Can Teach Us About Freedom of Speech

20 Likes

∙

4 Replies

∙

1 Restack

3:54 AM

∙

Oct 20, 2023