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I find the idea of a home filled with books and its inhabitants talking about them pretty romantic. Does anyone else find themselves talking about insipid “hea

by chubot 2y ago

I find the idea of a home filled with books and its inhabitants talking about them pretty romantic. Does anyone else find themselves talking about insipid “headlines” with certain relatives? Like various wars and political events Because that stuff is saturating our media environment and seems to be what people read

silisili 2y ago
The sad thing here is that it is extremely effective and permeates everything. The mainstream media has their talking points and narratives, then a counter culture arrived not to fix this, but to provide their own talking points and narratives. Every time a family member calls me it's either something they saw on MSM, or something they saw on Twitter/Facebook. Nobody seems to actually educate themselves and have a discussion, it's just talking points. Half the time they can't expand beyond the headlines. It feels like we're at peak attention media. At least, I hope so.
- chairmansteve 2y ago
  Yeah. It's all trying win an argument rather than discover any kind of truth. I find myself dreading talking to my siblings these days. I call up to ask how they are and get a rant about Hunter Biden or whatever the flavour of the day is. Thanks YouTube and Twitter.
  - squigz 2y ago
    > Yeah. It's all trying win an argument rather than discover any kind of truth. I suspect this has been the case for the majority of people for the majority of history, unfortunately.
    - chairmansteve 2y ago
      It is definitely a lot worse among my acquaintances these days. I am in my late 50´s. Many people people I know of my generation are addicted to conspiracy theories and spend a lot of their lives thinking about them, following influencers etc. This was not the case for these people in the past. The one thing a lot of them have in common is a high degree of isolation, presumably leading to a lot of time on the internet.

by chubot 2y ago

silisili 2y ago

The sad thing here is that it is extremely effective and permeates everything. The mainstream media has their talking points and narratives, then a counter culture arrived not to fix this, but to provide their own talking points and narratives. Every time a family member calls me it's either something they saw on MSM, or something they saw on Twitter/Facebook. Nobody seems to actually educate themselves and have a discussion, it's just talking points. Half the time they can't expand beyond the headlines. It feels like we're at peak attention media. At least, I hope so.

chairmansteve 2y ago
Yeah. It's all trying win an argument rather than discover any kind of truth. I find myself dreading talking to my siblings these days. I call up to ask how they are and get a rant about Hunter Biden or whatever the flavour of the day is. Thanks YouTube and Twitter.
- squigz 2y ago
  > Yeah. It's all trying win an argument rather than discover any kind of truth. I suspect this has been the case for the majority of people for the majority of history, unfortunately.
  - chairmansteve 2y ago
    It is definitely a lot worse among my acquaintances these days. I am in my late 50´s. Many people people I know of my generation are addicted to conspiracy theories and spend a lot of their lives thinking about them, following influencers etc. This was not the case for these people in the past. The one thing a lot of them have in common is a high degree of isolation, presumably leading to a lot of time on the internet.