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This is close to what I've been wondering about. Is it possible that we are all suffering from a form of psychological illness due to social networks, with sym
by eternalban 4y ago
This is close to what I've been wondering about.
Is it possible that we are all suffering from a form of psychological illness due to social networks, with symptoms ranging from mild to meltdown?
> a thing professional comedians are inured to
This. I think generally cultural guard rails (of various local flavor) developed over centuries prior to mass communication that addressed the needs of the super ego (our 'my place in the world' bit of self) and now our super egos are confronted by (sometimes an imaginal) 'society & public stage' that far exceeds the scope of what generation after generation of humans have confronted.
I offer as evidence the (effectiveness of) immaturity of discourse on social media. This is symptomatic of 'regression'. A sort of collective Lord of the Flies moment for humanity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id,_ego_and_super-ego#Super-ego https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id,_ego_and_super-ego#Super-eg...