In a previous post, I wrote about the Huawei ban.
Here is a recent commentary about Huawei.
Commentary: Is Huawei dangerous because it’s Chinese? What about Facebook?
An excerpt:
I think we should read the article, and ask ourselves, "Are we biased against Huawei simply because it is Chinese? What are the facts backing those conclusions about the risk that Huawei pose? Are our conclusions based on our impressions and feelings, or are they based on facts that we know?"
It is an issue I have touched on before, about basing our decisions on facts and not feelings. And is our poor impression of China stemming from a "brainwashing" legacy from the Cold War that tells us that communism is bad? Are we looking at labels instead of facts?
Are we the mindless critters being told by Big Brother what to think? Or can we look beyond the labels and emotions to discern the truth from the facts?
Here is a recent commentary about Huawei.
Commentary: Is Huawei dangerous because it’s Chinese? What about Facebook?
An excerpt:
The fear is that Huawei could gain access to a huge volume of data about us, which then could be used in a way that is detrimental to our interests, including by adversely influencing national politics.
But these threats already exist, because Facebook (which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp) and Google (which owns YouTube) have an astonishingly comprehensive range of data about their users – their location, contacts, messages, photos, downloads, searches, preferences, purchases, and much else.
I think we should read the article, and ask ourselves, "Are we biased against Huawei simply because it is Chinese? What are the facts backing those conclusions about the risk that Huawei pose? Are our conclusions based on our impressions and feelings, or are they based on facts that we know?"
It is an issue I have touched on before, about basing our decisions on facts and not feelings. And is our poor impression of China stemming from a "brainwashing" legacy from the Cold War that tells us that communism is bad? Are we looking at labels instead of facts?
Are we the mindless critters being told by Big Brother what to think? Or can we look beyond the labels and emotions to discern the truth from the facts?
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