@cdutilhnovaes Say there's a disinterested AI who replies to a ques. via argument. It doesn't care if you believe it or not. It can't try to influence, it just informs. There's "rationl argument" but not influence. Wouldn't it be non-propagandistic & allow for the distinction, on your criteria?
@lastpositivist I have no real opinion on Sowell's work, but how much nuance ought one expect from a meme? Surely this was said in a context of a better defense or at least defended better elsewhere. The "applause line" is what made it to twitter. (No?)
@ArthurCDent I strongly suspect you have considered this, but HGTTG, like Dune, had multiple adaptations, and are both quality pieces of work in their own ways
@HiPhiNation Besides niche modern art museums, public art installations, it may pay to think about government programs like farm subsidies that might have once been effective but now funnel $ to big agribusiness