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I wonder what percent of this is related to the current media climate and technology enabling a more relentlessly global perspective and world view. There is t
by kev009 8y ago
I wonder what percent of this is related to the current media climate and technology enabling a more relentlessly global perspective and world view. There is the unhealthy war between the media and Trump. Trump sloughs it off, the media loves the sensation, but in my anecdotal observation some people internalize this national/international soap opera in really dark and despairing ways. I see a few people I know who have attempted suicide constantly hitting social media with profanities against DJT and retweeting more of the same. Regardless of what is going on, the stuff is not really relevant to their own problems and well being at the moment. I'm guessing the psychology is something like "well, even if I get my shit together it'll still not a Nash equilibrium because the world is irreparably fucked for me".
- pdimitar 8y ago> "well, even if I get my shit together it'll still not a Nash equilibrium because the world is irreparably fucked for me" IMO that's exactly it. At certain point I decided that I will work both harder and smarter because I like money and the peace of mind and freedom they enable... but in the end all my aspirations for changing the world for the better won't ever materialize, I am pretty sure of it. So in the end it turns out that a happy philosophy would be something like in the "Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy": "Just do what makes you happy and don't worry about the world." Even that is pretty hard nowadays because we constantly get bombarded with comparisons. The media REALLY loves turning people on each other.