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This is the most positive thing I've read in a while. Perhaps we'll reach a point where it becomes ingrained in society that popularity in numbers actually mean
by athenot 8y ago
This is the most positive thing I've read in a while. Perhaps we'll reach a point where it becomes ingrained in society that popularity in numbers actually means nothing. Quantities of shallow praises become worthless once the praises are indeed exactly equal to zero.
Then maybe our tribal instincts will kick back in and we as a society will return to seeking few but high quality praises, from people we trust and with whom we are connected on a human level—ie. deeper, multi-faceted connections.
- Asooka 8y agoThere's a fool born every minute, so I doubt such knowledge will become common organically. Better yet, have a class on basic tropes used to manipulate your decisions aimed at teens taught at some of the free online universities (e.g. Khan Academy). I don't want to suggest rolling it into an actual high school class, because I don't think official regulated school classes are agile enough to handle the rapid change of the online landscape.