Thanks for pointing this out. It is ultra sad how language has been politicized and even weaponised this way. The BLM discussion is way broader than the scope of this forum, and an important one to be had at that. Yet by casually referring to it while introducing a simple best-practice to improve inclusiveness I violated the rule to leave specific politics out of humanetech discourse. I’ll close this thread to avoid further discussion that only serves to detract from the recommendation given in the first post. I changed the title of this topic.
What I do like to mention before closing this is where this touches humanetech: the reality where our social media are the enablers and amplifiers that allow things to deteriorate to a point where reasonable discussion and critical thinking is no longer possible, and truth and facts no longer matter. These media are open to be gamed and abused by anyone who wishes to do so for their own purposes, political or otherwise. This is the biggest threat humanity faces, and the biggest challenge for humanetech. In a private conversation with Tristan Harris in May 2018 he stated:
“I do not want to scare people, but we are here to help avoid civic breakdown and prevent future wars”
As we see now this was no exaggeration. In our last reorganization of the community we decided to focus on solutions, and in follow-up discussions I’d like to see solution-focus be part of the main topic, or otherwise the discussions will just get stuck as they do in so many other places on the web.
Thank you.