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> That guy Tristan Harris who did the presentation is morally dishonest person: he wants to his cake and eat it. He got his millions from Google, and then decided to play good guy by virtue signalling with this presentation and by playing in Social Dilemma: working against the same companies which made him wealthy enough to not worry about money for the rest of his life.

This is like saying that no one is ever allowed to change their mind, and also that the person's point is wrong because they benefited by the very thing they are criticizing? That's not a logical argument, that's a straight-up ad hominem--character assassination, to be honest--and a complete distraction.



> That's not a logical argument, that's a straight-up ad hominem and a complete distraction

That was just a remark, not a substantiation of the arguments above. I'm sorry, I mixed it up.

> This is like saying that no one is ever allowed to change their mind

Everyone is allowed to change their mind, but it is helpful to know why and how they did change their mind.




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