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The urge to scold seems pretty innate, and socially reinforced from an early age. Seems tied to the parental instinct, and maybe this is related to the demogra
by lq9AJ8yrfs 3y ago
The urge to scold seems pretty innate, and socially reinforced from an early age. Seems tied to the parental instinct, and maybe this is related to the demographics of its presentation.
Could we not engineer a substitute, or even a better scolding experience for these scolds, a safe outlet? One without the obvious detrimental impacts, or at least one that tends toward self-limiting. A lot of contemporary tech and even older stuff probably could be used to satisfy the scolding urge.
- version_five 3y agoHuman nature is dark and we love ganging up on outgroups. When a socially acceptable way to do so emerges, we go all in and really bad stuff happens. People intentionally or though emergent behavior channel this desire for their own power. That's what's happened in the past and that's what's happening here.
- gorwell 3y agoIn the past scolds were attracted to evangelical churches. Those are no longer in fashion, mostly limited to one day a week, don't pay well or at all. Now they can excercise their scolding from on high in the administrative layer of colleges and Fortune 500s all week and get paid for it.