I can relate to his first comment. X-ists tend to wear a thicker veil when not behind a keyboard. Mike Tyson quote goes here. However <comma> the internet has a wide reach with low expense as you pointed out.
Music was previously king of spreading ideas because it is memorable, and people want to hear it. What internet article will be rem…
I can relate to his first comment. X-ists tend to wear a thicker veil when not behind a keyboard. Mike Tyson quote goes here. However <comma> the internet has a wide reach with low expense as you pointed out.
Music was previously king of spreading ideas because it is memorable, and people want to hear it. What internet article will be remembered and remain impactful for as many years as Dylan singing "Masters of War", "Blowing in the Wind" or Pete Seeger singing "We Shall Overcome" which became a civil rights anthem? But there's more. You can spew venom in a silo without a musician or poet's talent.
I'm old enough to remember short wave radio listening for variety of political propaganda which was always an artful blend of truth and lies when coming from government sources. The same skills are used at the source for what gets spread on the internet, but social media has the power of being spread by "friends" and "influencers". That power is very real. Especially because people want to participate. I'm participating right now.
"X-ists tend to wear a thicker veil when not behind a keyboard. "
Yeah, definitely. People are certainly "braver" when they don't have to stand behind their words with their face and name. But it's not the name-calling that's the issue. That's the least of the concerns as far as I'm concerned. It's the speed with which lies and bad information can spread and become absolutely, unquestionably true in the minds of some people.
Ten years ago, say, how many people do you think were seriously arguing that trans women are women? Not just that they should be thought of as women in most cases, or that the decent thing to do was treat them as they wished to be treated, but that they literally are women. Female even.
Today, a significant number of people, some in positions of power, genuinely believe this. Or, at least, are willing to go to their graves pretending that they do. We live in a different reality to the compulsively online. And it's not clear at all which side is going to win out.
Another instance of what I'm calling the Epistemological Crisis.
It's a lot worse than virtue signalling, which ultimately boils down to pretense, conformity, and conceit. If you've seen "What is a Woman" you can see how addled some of these people are.
This forum doesn't have pictures so right there 90% of the dumbest are repelled, and if it has emoji, I don't see them.
One thing I find really creepy is how invested so many people are in this social media junk. They care more about how many followers they have than about the quality of what they write. One woman on Twitter with many thousands had her account hacked and posted videos on another actually crying about it. With tears. Twitter is her life.
Since Musk started his dalliance with it, he's lost half his fortune. He neglects his real businesses to obsess over his Twitter image and has disgraced himself repeatedly, It's done him a lot of harm.
I can relate to his first comment. X-ists tend to wear a thicker veil when not behind a keyboard. Mike Tyson quote goes here. However <comma> the internet has a wide reach with low expense as you pointed out.
Music was previously king of spreading ideas because it is memorable, and people want to hear it. What internet article will be remembered and remain impactful for as many years as Dylan singing "Masters of War", "Blowing in the Wind" or Pete Seeger singing "We Shall Overcome" which became a civil rights anthem? But there's more. You can spew venom in a silo without a musician or poet's talent.
I'm old enough to remember short wave radio listening for variety of political propaganda which was always an artful blend of truth and lies when coming from government sources. The same skills are used at the source for what gets spread on the internet, but social media has the power of being spread by "friends" and "influencers". That power is very real. Especially because people want to participate. I'm participating right now.
"X-ists tend to wear a thicker veil when not behind a keyboard. "
Yeah, definitely. People are certainly "braver" when they don't have to stand behind their words with their face and name. But it's not the name-calling that's the issue. That's the least of the concerns as far as I'm concerned. It's the speed with which lies and bad information can spread and become absolutely, unquestionably true in the minds of some people.
Ten years ago, say, how many people do you think were seriously arguing that trans women are women? Not just that they should be thought of as women in most cases, or that the decent thing to do was treat them as they wished to be treated, but that they literally are women. Female even.
Today, a significant number of people, some in positions of power, genuinely believe this. Or, at least, are willing to go to their graves pretending that they do. We live in a different reality to the compulsively online. And it's not clear at all which side is going to win out.
Another instance of what I'm calling the Epistemological Crisis.
It's a lot worse than virtue signalling, which ultimately boils down to pretense, conformity, and conceit. If you've seen "What is a Woman" you can see how addled some of these people are.
And how dishonest.
This forum doesn't have pictures so right there 90% of the dumbest are repelled, and if it has emoji, I don't see them.
One thing I find really creepy is how invested so many people are in this social media junk. They care more about how many followers they have than about the quality of what they write. One woman on Twitter with many thousands had her account hacked and posted videos on another actually crying about it. With tears. Twitter is her life.
Since Musk started his dalliance with it, he's lost half his fortune. He neglects his real businesses to obsess over his Twitter image and has disgraced himself repeatedly, It's done him a lot of harm.
It's done the world a lot of harm.