The truly weird thing going on right now is that there's no secret cabal distributing the behavioral instructions by attaching the behavior to a preexisting meme such as nationalism. What's going on now is the groupthink itself IS the cabal.
The truly weird thing going on right now is that there's no secret cabal distributing the behavioral instructions by attaching the behavior to a preexisting meme such as nationalism. What's going on now is the groupthink itself IS the cabal.
I think therein lies Marshall McLuhan‘s analysis of the transformation wrought by our inventions: that which mediates our world. Technology changes us in unknowable ways, and always. His was a cautionary tale, he didn’t say the global village was gonna be good he said it would be a disaster and completely unmanageable.
I have a very strong opinion about human affairs: we are delusional to think that we meaningfully control the our own inventions have on our reality. Solution: minimalism and humility, do as little as possible, avoid arrogance in the belief we know what’s likely to be the outcome. Like Hippocrates: first do no harm. We always and inevitably fail on this metric. We are doomed to repeat the same failures. Peace through strength is a legitimate remedy to human stupidity. Mike Tyson said it the best, “everyone has a plan until you punch him in the face“. We’re a bunch of fucking idiots.
The truly weird thing going on right now is that there's no secret cabal distributing the behavioral instructions by attaching the behavior to a preexisting meme such as nationalism. What's going on now is the groupthink itself IS the cabal.
I think therein lies Marshall McLuhan‘s analysis of the transformation wrought by our inventions: that which mediates our world. Technology changes us in unknowable ways, and always. His was a cautionary tale, he didn’t say the global village was gonna be good he said it would be a disaster and completely unmanageable.
I have a very strong opinion about human affairs: we are delusional to think that we meaningfully control the our own inventions have on our reality. Solution: minimalism and humility, do as little as possible, avoid arrogance in the belief we know what’s likely to be the outcome. Like Hippocrates: first do no harm. We always and inevitably fail on this metric. We are doomed to repeat the same failures. Peace through strength is a legitimate remedy to human stupidity. Mike Tyson said it the best, “everyone has a plan until you punch him in the face“. We’re a bunch of fucking idiots.