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Contagion implies the user has no control once "infected", whereas in reality we all have the ability to 1) not be uncontrollably reactive, 2) close the tab & 3

• dragonwriter 7y ago
  > Contagion implies the user has no control once "infected" No, it doesn't. Regular physical contagions leave the victim agency in treatments, lifestyle habits that improve/worsen prognosis, etc., much as you describe for the proposed emotional contagion. And are often worse in practice than they would be in a world of ideal people because people make suboptimal use of their agency, just as you describe is the case for the proposed emotional contagion. So, I'd say the metaphor is reasonable.
  • beardedman 7y ago
    Fair.
• Hokusai 7y ago
  > I am saying that people can be a bit lazy about their mind. Blaming the victims will not solve the problem. This is systemic problem and only broad changes in the system can fix it. I think that it helps if you realize that 1) People does not have access to the education that they need. We need to fix this. 2) People has many many problems to solve. So, that is why it is difficult to get focus to solve them. In isolation the problem seems simple enough. But, taking all the factors into account we cannot expect that everybody will solve the problem by themselves. And it does not seems very efficient either. To spend millions of person/hour on this is a waste when it can be solved in a better way.
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