Regardless of scuffles over the name, I do want to express support for the idea of spreading awareness of memetic hazard (/whatever) as its own distinct concept. I’ve definitely been in conversations where I’ve said something mildly memetic-hazardy (e.g. “hey, that thing kinda reminds me of this other, unpleasant thing”) and got the response of “hey, info hazard”. And I think having a more precise term for that kind of knower-harming information in slightly wider parlance would be helpful.
Regardless of scuffles over the name, I do want to express support for the idea of spreading awareness of memetic hazard (/whatever) as its own distinct concept. I’ve definitely been in conversations where I’ve said something mildly memetic-hazardy (e.g. “hey, that thing kinda reminds me of this other, unpleasant thing”) and got the response of “hey, info hazard”. And I think having a more precise term for that kind of knower-harming information in slightly wider parlance would be helpful.