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The the article expresses underlying sentiments that appear as sociological dysfunctions of looking for a one weird thing "way out" and the expectation of actio
by 1letterunixname 3y ago
The the article expresses underlying sentiments that appear as sociological dysfunctions of looking for a one weird thing "way out" and the expectation of action by someone else.
1. Once upon a time™, everyone was subject to the same mainstream broadcast of information by news, TV, and radio and the equivalent of church gossip and stoop chatter from their immediate neighborhood. That's no longer the case. Instead, there is endless bifurcation of perspectives leading to disconnected anomie by hyper-connectedness and information overload. As such, there is no desirable simple solution to online solidarity, community, connectedness, and suppression of bots other than by an undesirable totalitarian state doing away with technology or eliminating all other platforms except a single one, then only permitting real identities that can be verified. The larger solution for humanity is public, semi-private, and private commons free from the yoke of megacorp pseudo-"free" privacy exploitation, placing a thumb on the scale of issues, influence peddling, censorship, selective hate and outrage magnification, and digital mass persuasion causing tectonic shifts in sentiment (beyond manufactured consent, it's engineered consent for mostly profit reasons). The means of this is by a well-run, usable, non-addictive-but-useful nonprofit funded by micropayments pushing aside commercial social networks by optimize beneficial, decent interactions, solidarity, local community connections, and discovery of the real world. (Yes, semi-utopian as a laudable goal to strive for without being the only consideration.)
2. With the rise and evolution of the internet, there was a silent shift of the burdens of intellectual and moral courage, risk-taking, and effort onto a few influencers and creators that belies the prevalence of learned helplessness, isolation, and feelings of powerlessness (increased anomie). Commenting on works, even this, is by its nature, pseudo participation that isn't creation beyond a squeak into the maelstrom. Creation and effort means action in the physical world of humans and material, and works beyond commenting. One modern sociological barrier to this is the expectation of credit or approval for work. Instead, it requires individual discipline and attitude for collective betterment regardless of approbation or complaint lacking constructive feedback: a. "Be the change you seek [by assuming no one else will be the first]." and b. "Just do it™", create art, or writing one's thoughts independent of approval or disapproval.