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The rage epidemic: is our modern world fuelling aggression?
- mentalgear 2y agoWell it certainly correlates with the rise of Zuckerberg and other SM ...
- drewcoo 2y agoWhat about pirate activity? https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2012/03/23/true-fact-the-lack-of-pirates-is-causing-global-warming/?sh=76d5f5d53a67 https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2012/03/23/true-f...
- xnx 2y ago22 hours ago. 113 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40336266 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40336266
- tivert 2y agoIs that blogspam of this Guardian article?
- throwaway5752 2y agoThe submission you linked to seems to be a post discussing a 2018 article from The Guardian, that is separate from this post.
- throwaway5752 2y agoIt is. Who benefits from rage? It encourages clicking through on a link, commenting on an article, or reflexively voting for a candidate in an election. It makes wealthy people more money and it makes populations more manipulable. People are angry because other people are trying to get them angry. You should not participate in social platforms. If you spend a year off them, I am certain you will notice a difference in your peace of mind and productivity.
- kjkjadksj 2y agoIf you think this is limited to social media you need to read some edward bernays or some noam chomsky. To isolate yourself from the propaganda machine you need to read nothing at all. Live as a troglodyte perhaps. Or you can learn that most of anything intended to be presented to more than one person is in fact propaganda seeking to slant your perspective toward one more favorable to someone elses motives, and continue living life relatively immune to this thanks to the knowledge of its existence.
- mrguyorama 2y agoIf you think "knowledge" that people are trying to influence you with propaganda somehow insulates you entirely from it's effects, you are the propagandist's favorite person.
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- kjkjadksj 2y agoI never said this insulates you entirely, I said relatively immune, and isolating yourself on the other hand would require living in a cave. Of course you can be aware of propaganda and still be influenced by it. Everything you read imparts an influence on your thinking to a degree, whether it be a bible verse or a wheaties ad or this very comment.
- P_I_Staker 2y agoYeah, you can argue Sean Hannity was a pioneer, as well as the alt-right. I don't think the alt-left has come close to matching the overall ridiculousness, truthiness and evil. Still they have their moments, and it seems people care more big picture, than the veracity of the argument; but there's valid reasons for that. People are sick of being manipulated by arguments that seem so logical, yet drive them in directions they think are evil. If you're a Christian, chances are you think this about abortion or something. For people (me) that are "woke" it's racism/bigotry. There's legitimate reasons not to hear people out on some of these issues.
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- r0ckarong 2y agoI can understand anyone who gets angry and aggressive when you consider all the shit that is going wrong at the same time.
- SoftTalker 2y agoShit is always going wrong, that's the perspective that many seem to be lacking.
- atmanactive 2y agoAmen to that.
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoIs there a law of the universe that there's a fixed amount of bad at any time? What accounts for the prevention of things actually worsening, such that we write off attempts to analyze it?
- SoftTalker 2y agoThings are really pretty good, if you look at history. It's been worse. A lot worse.
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoWhich is it, things have always been the same amount of bad so it's not worth discussion, or things have been much worse and could again be much worse so preventing another bad period isn't worth discussion?
- kjkjadksj 2y agoThings are bad, still bad, and are also better too. For example many are still financially unstable, but there is little risk today to losing a village to barbarian incursions.
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- GuB-42 2y agoThe article doesn't answer the question and doesn't cite its sources, these are just random bits about road rage.
- batshit_beaver 2y agoThis article is making me angry!
- threesevenths 2y agoYou know what really grinds my gears!
- frank_bb 2y ago[dead]