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So I'm in torts class, learning about what can be considered negligent. The courts have a history for being very particular in how to decide this. Instead of a broad rule, the courts pay consideration to certain individual traits. For example, say a teenager is on a farm and two renegade horses escape their fencing. It wouldn't be negligent for the teenager to seek refuge somewhere away from the chaos. However, if a man of extraordinary strength (capable of controlling the horses) sees the same situation on the farm, he would be negligent if he did nothing. I like this standard and feel it should apply to all those with a certain level of income/notoriety. When you couple a voice with a substantial audience, you should be expected to utilize that responsibly. Theres a significant issue here of encroaching on individual rights and any definitive policy efforts in this direction would never gain any traction. Nonetheless, shouldn't this be balanced against the influence one has over their audience and the vast potential for grassroots improvement of society? We as humans generally have an extremely narrow sense of the world. Few of us will ever experience the "Overview Effect". Without such a closed system view of the world, our narrow minded policy decisions will continue to tangle us in unforeseen implications. A key concern with free market capitalism is its inherent indifference. If you want to make exploding bear traps, go for it. If you like lighting dolls on fire in your backyard, by all means help yourself. We in the western world honor the liberties of the individual so long as it doesn't detract from the welfare of others. But what happens when an individual brings rise to a system that directly detriments large numbers of people, without their knowledge. Lobbying and political finance is that system within America. Representation is supposed to work on the premise that certain beliefs of individuals will be heard, understood and acted upon by their representatives. But with infinite interests pulling constituents in all directions, aren't we doomed and destined to fragment further and further away from any central beliefs that a representative can channel? And at that point, who are they making decisions for? If I had a solution for problems like this, I'd probably be famous. It seems impossible to find an agreeable standard without dictating to at least some people. Were just too different. Sometimes I just wish I could start my own tribe. We could call it protoss

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