Jordan Peterson, and tells us that “freedom of speech does not excuse crummy job performance”-the (completely unsupported) implication being that these two mavericks aren’t just wrong, but also incompetent. Semley then goes on to offer obligatory lazy drive-bys on Lindsay Shepherd and Dr. In the other are white, male, heterosexual conservatives, railing against the political correctness and social-justice warriors (sjws), barely able to eke out their favourite John Stuart Mill quote about liberty and freedom before they’re drowned out by, well, the wail of a fire alarm.
Speech we. the revolution free#
He discusses Kant (pointing out that he was a misogynist and racist, of course), the Enlightenment, Vietnam, Mario Savio, Berkeley and the free speech movement, the culture wars 1.0, and he finally brings us to the modern day where he paints a deliberately crude picture of the current censorship crisis as a battle between safe spacers and free speechers: In one corner are the queer, transgender, Indigenous, black-clad progressives, pulling fire alarms to break up controversial campus activities and labelling anyone with whom they disagree a neo-Nazi. Therefore, Semley takes us on a brief tour through the history of free speech on campus. Now, Semley has penned a Walrus essay called “ Are University Campuses Where Free Speech Goes to Die?” In it, he claims that the free speech crisis on university campuses “may be tempest-in-teapot stuff” but it has the potential to "shape the broader intellectual, social, and political discourse, for better and worse." If, say, calling out fashionable gibberish about biological sex being a mere “construct” makes you a “hater,” then bring on the hate.
As anyone on social media can attest, we’re constantly deluged by politically correct nonsense that cries out for debunking. If we’re constantly leaned on by the gentle pressure to nod and smile and agree upon the ever-expanding constellations of cultural consumption and appreciation, then disagreeability, scowling, and shaking one’s head feels urgent, and even necessary.Ī book in praise of “hate” is a tough sell, but the message quoted above isn’t wrong. While 160 countries were signed up to the United Nations International Convention on the Rights of People as at late 2016, only half have phone relay services, and TERA will provide an economic alternative.In a 2018 book called Hater: On the Virtues of Utter Disagreeability, Canadian writer John Semley offers what he describes as: A somewhat smugly contrarian premise: that hating is good. In other countries it may be offered through state equipment distribution programs, employment services, disability support agencies and similar organizations. TERA will be offered in Sweden by county councils, the Employment Service and Social Insurance. “TERA simplifies our everyday life immensely - I look forward to using this technique”, said Arne Lorentzon, president of the Association of the Swedish Deafblind, FSDB in Skåne. The people they are talking to use any type of telephone they wish. TERA allows users to make and receive calls without having to go through a telephone relay service and provides a high level of security. “We’re putting hearing-impaired, speech-impaired, deaf and visually impaired communities on the same footing as everyone else.” This is a world-leading use of digitization. “We’ve just begun to understand the breadth of what we’ve set in motion. “We’re bringing a revolution to communication,” T-Meeting chairman Max Tairi said. The system will require a government-funded license. TERA is based on artificial intelligence and is the product of four years of research and development. It automatically converts speech on an incoming call into text on the smartphone screen, or allows people with speech difficulties to type what they want to say and converts that into a natural voice for the person they’re calling.
Instead of being tethered to a home or office with a fixed internet link, the user can take and make calls anywhere on their mobile device, giving them complete independence.
The key features of the app, developed by Swedish company T-Meeting, are its accuracy, speed and mobility. “TERA” is being launched worldwide, and has already been acclaimed in demonstrations in Norway and Sweden. A smart-phone app that converts speech to text with astonishing accuracy is about to start a revolution for people with hearing and speech disabilities.
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