Pure gold: “we've decided that reality is an acceptable sacrifice if it means protecting people's feelings. And this is fine and lovely on an individual level, but absolutely destructive on a societal level.”
As a pragmatist, I so struggle with this approach. It will never move us forward or solve actual bigotry in any meaningful way but …
Pure gold: “we've decided that reality is an acceptable sacrifice if it means protecting people's feelings. And this is fine and lovely on an individual level, but absolutely destructive on a societal level.”
As a pragmatist, I so struggle with this approach. It will never move us forward or solve actual bigotry in any meaningful way but will devolve society into a war of all against all.
How can major percentages of our younger generations be such weak thinkers? Is digital space toxic enough to catalyze this trend? It truly makes one wonder at the vulnerability of human perception to signalling. It's gone beyond “we are social animals” to we are predisposed to a sort of "hive mindedness.” If I were able to live my life over again, I think I would become a neuroscientist and study this one thing. There has to be an answer.
Pure gold: “we've decided that reality is an acceptable sacrifice if it means protecting people's feelings. And this is fine and lovely on an individual level, but absolutely destructive on a societal level.”
As a pragmatist, I so struggle with this approach. It will never move us forward or solve actual bigotry in any meaningful way but will devolve society into a war of all against all.
How can major percentages of our younger generations be such weak thinkers? Is digital space toxic enough to catalyze this trend? It truly makes one wonder at the vulnerability of human perception to signalling. It's gone beyond “we are social animals” to we are predisposed to a sort of "hive mindedness.” If I were able to live my life over again, I think I would become a neuroscientist and study this one thing. There has to be an answer.