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One thing I think is - it’s nearly impossible for the media to be all things to all people; because I think the difference between different groups (say Republi
by techblueberry 1y ago
One thing I think is - it’s nearly impossible for the media to be all things to all people; because I think the difference between different groups (say Republicans and Democrats) isn’t what we believe, but how we believe it. The language and arguments we use. I loosely speaking mostly believe in free markets, capitalism, etc. but I only want to hear like professors of economics (right leaning or left leaning) talking about it, trying to talk about the free market with right wing relatives is crazy making, and I think these are the people mainstream media needs to appeal to.
I don’t know why this has changed recently, I’m guessing it’s just the fact that people have more choices, but I’d rather create my own “media organization” by picking and choosing from a variety of writers, than consume everything from say, the New York Times.
Even if I can blur my eyes and see that is objectively a good thing that the New York Times tried to appeal to a wider variety of groups, like, I’m not going to drive myself crazy reading through a bunch of ham fisted articles purely written in an attempt to seem non-partisan.
I want to read dynamic and diverse perspective on COVID vaccines, but informed ones, not an op-ed from RFK jr. on Ivermectin.
- Marshferm 1y agoThe narrative constructs of cause and effect, things like political parties, religion, myth, anything that's folk science, is dead. These are dinosaurs in an analytic-non-linear reality where chaos and game theory operate. Toss all those old constructs out.
- techblueberry 1y agolol, those things are coming back stronger than ever.
- Marshferm 1y agoNo they're fragmenting, study the numbers. They're no longer coherent as state-myth, they're now individual claims to moral and ethical superiority. And notice the idea that sloganeering propaganda is used to describe this: "coming back stronger than ever". As if religion, myth etc is a brand of detergent, or a sports franchise, or a fast food enterprise. https://www.npr.org/2024/01/24/1226371734/religious-nones-are-now-the-largest-single-group-in-the-u-s https://www.npr.org/2024/01/24/1226371734/religious-nones-ar...
- techblueberry 1y agoI think we’re hitting a peak, I expect this to come raging back, maybe in a different form. People are super tired of post-modern meaninglessness.
- Marshferm 1y agoYou’re out of date/touch. We’re already looking at decentralized meaning, where meaning is both visualized and actualized and operable. Journalism and religion are part of ye olde ancient regime of cause and effect. Religion is just conspiracy theory. We need a new post truth form.
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- techblueberry 1y agoI'm the opposite of a nihilist. I think human beings are beautiful creatures, and it's wrong to misattribute to them. I think all human factors are trade-offs, and a balance of more and less intelligent humans are beautiful. I love that people love all sorts of things, and people clearly gestures everywhere love conspiracy theories.
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- AnimalMuppet 1y agoYou need to read the site guidelines. You can't post like that here. Also, free clue: No matter how right you're sure you are, sounding like a jerk is a sure way to get people to write off what you say.