An excellent breakdown of the social problems we're facing - much of which I've been saying to immediate friends and family (because it falls into online niches and wiggles in place not going anywhere in social media). Also, you want the word "there" in your closing statement.
Weren’t many siloed even prior to the info age? In fact - a lot of the population was more siloed than now. Take very religious people in The Bible Belt or Utah, living in rural communities pre -2010. They had little connection or info from the cities , greater world. Part of the problem now is that those folks have a front seat to what’s happening in the rest of the world - a view they didn’t have before . And they abhor it- but they’ve always found it alienating and abhorrent - it just wasn’t in their kids’ faces, in their faces. It’s still not impacting them directly - but they don’t like or approve of the lifestyles , views, etc that they exist at all - they never have. Arguably, the other group - those less religious , more educated , more worldly were also siloed - and they didn’t really have to worry or be exposed to what this other group thought about anything. Both groups were distinct - separate - didn’t interact : internet and soc media changes all of that. In a way , both groups interacting more online than they ever did historically - and they truly dislike /disagree .
This is not my area of study - so honest ?s- things I think about a lot.
I'm in a rush so can't be thorough. Just have 1 INFURIATING thing new with CELL PHONES, which is the increasing habit of people LYING about where they are. Obviously, with a house phone the best you can do is screen calls. With CELLS even I don't always accurately tell people where I am. Innocuous, or slippery slope? I think the latter bc it breaks down norms. We lie to each other now with impunity, negating the social contract needed in a democracy.
From: Old Lady Ranting in Galveston (a Blue Island in a Roiling Red Sea) 💙🗽🌻
This reads as a six part argument for rule by citizens assembly.
Forcing random people to get together, get to know each other, listen to the viewpoints of a wide variety of other people who have developed their special interests, talk with each other, and, finally, reach consensus about what to do about the many small problems that make up our predicament… is a good way to circumvent these traps.
One of the many things that pisses me off about this -- and note, I am *not* disagreeing with it at all -- is that I resisted social media until.... 🤔... 5 months ago, because apparently, if you aren't on social media, your opinion just Doesn't. Fucking. Matter.
The media got to the point where tweets were more newsworthy than actual facts!
I think there needs to be a middle layer formed between the decision-makers and citizens - something like expert circles so to speak. Governments are colored with deep distrust, and citizens as a group lack deep knowledge to make sense of the world in a way that is not based on emotions.
Therefore, having expert circles, made up of verified members with domain knowledge and scars to prove their expertise is necessary as a model we can look up to in search for truth, or at least a higher probability of one.
Citizens should have more say on the composition of those circles, where they have the power to vote someone out if deemed untrustworthy, but overall, those kinds of models and consensus search should be the ones to follow in times of information flooding - especially in today's age where everyones' opinions enter the conversation, and there are no filters or standards anymore.
I don’t think these graphics are as clear and explanatory as you think they are. They’re paradoxically over- and under-complicated. Have they been vetted by an editor for clarity and ease of comprehension.
And you need line-editing, too. For example, “Information-cascades” (“Twitter-cascades”) needs a hyphen. Small, simple, but necessary. I also think you rely too much on jingo-y cliches throughout. 🤷♂️
An excellent breakdown of the social problems we're facing - much of which I've been saying to immediate friends and family (because it falls into online niches and wiggles in place not going anywhere in social media). Also, you want the word "there" in your closing statement.
Thank you! Also when will I not write deep into the night and stop making stupid typos and other errors? 😅
Weren’t many siloed even prior to the info age? In fact - a lot of the population was more siloed than now. Take very religious people in The Bible Belt or Utah, living in rural communities pre -2010. They had little connection or info from the cities , greater world. Part of the problem now is that those folks have a front seat to what’s happening in the rest of the world - a view they didn’t have before . And they abhor it- but they’ve always found it alienating and abhorrent - it just wasn’t in their kids’ faces, in their faces. It’s still not impacting them directly - but they don’t like or approve of the lifestyles , views, etc that they exist at all - they never have. Arguably, the other group - those less religious , more educated , more worldly were also siloed - and they didn’t really have to worry or be exposed to what this other group thought about anything. Both groups were distinct - separate - didn’t interact : internet and soc media changes all of that. In a way , both groups interacting more online than they ever did historically - and they truly dislike /disagree .
This is not my area of study - so honest ?s- things I think about a lot.
I'm in a rush so can't be thorough. Just have 1 INFURIATING thing new with CELL PHONES, which is the increasing habit of people LYING about where they are. Obviously, with a house phone the best you can do is screen calls. With CELLS even I don't always accurately tell people where I am. Innocuous, or slippery slope? I think the latter bc it breaks down norms. We lie to each other now with impunity, negating the social contract needed in a democracy.
From: Old Lady Ranting in Galveston (a Blue Island in a Roiling Red Sea) 💙🗽🌻
Remember the Marine barracks in Lebanon. The Gipper turned tail in a micro sec.
This reads as a six part argument for rule by citizens assembly.
Forcing random people to get together, get to know each other, listen to the viewpoints of a wide variety of other people who have developed their special interests, talk with each other, and, finally, reach consensus about what to do about the many small problems that make up our predicament… is a good way to circumvent these traps.
One of the many things that pisses me off about this -- and note, I am *not* disagreeing with it at all -- is that I resisted social media until.... 🤔... 5 months ago, because apparently, if you aren't on social media, your opinion just Doesn't. Fucking. Matter.
The media got to the point where tweets were more newsworthy than actual facts!
I think there needs to be a middle layer formed between the decision-makers and citizens - something like expert circles so to speak. Governments are colored with deep distrust, and citizens as a group lack deep knowledge to make sense of the world in a way that is not based on emotions.
Therefore, having expert circles, made up of verified members with domain knowledge and scars to prove their expertise is necessary as a model we can look up to in search for truth, or at least a higher probability of one.
Citizens should have more say on the composition of those circles, where they have the power to vote someone out if deemed untrustworthy, but overall, those kinds of models and consensus search should be the ones to follow in times of information flooding - especially in today's age where everyones' opinions enter the conversation, and there are no filters or standards anymore.
I don’t think these graphics are as clear and explanatory as you think they are. They’re paradoxically over- and under-complicated. Have they been vetted by an editor for clarity and ease of comprehension.
And you need line-editing, too. For example, “Information-cascades” (“Twitter-cascades”) needs a hyphen. Small, simple, but necessary. I also think you rely too much on jingo-y cliches throughout. 🤷♂️