Dan Faggella cites Emerson on why society 'does not love its un-maskers'
danshipper · x · 2026-10-30
AI ethicist Dan Faggella replies to Michael Levin with Emerson: 'we rightly accuse the critic who destroys too many illusions. Society does not love its un-maskers,' and 'for nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure' — while the crowd's sour faces, like its sweet ones, 'have no deep cause' and shift with the wind. He offers this as context for Levin's observation that the anger targets the intrusion on old worldviews, not the actions themselves.
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