It’s so rich I’m having to stop between courses to stave off intellectual indigestion. An hour in though and your talk of extremes mirrors what I posted on a thread earlier this afternoon very closely.
“The 'will flame for fame' approach has been the short cut to mass popularity for as long as stories have been handed down. The dopamine drama reaction of hover or scroll is undoubtedly whipping it to a fevered frenzy though. Either that or people go the other way. Then the lack of balance between vicious and vacuous stretches ever wider and thinner. People feel increasingly isolated and insecure skating on that ice and the populist comfort of dumb or damned polarity grows even stronger.”
The whole blood and guts V fern sniffers binary issue getting worse is so on point too. So many people NEED to hear that if we’re to make any progress towards better access for everyone rather than fighting with each other before we even get to the fences.
“Every force evolves a form.”—Shaker proverb
Not even 20 minutes in yet and this is an absolute motherlode of an episode. What a way to restart the narrative.
This will be a tough one to follow. I wish (but also not) that we had recorded the several hours of conversation leading to this recording.
It’s so rich I’m having to stop between courses to stave off intellectual indigestion. An hour in though and your talk of extremes mirrors what I posted on a thread earlier this afternoon very closely.
“The 'will flame for fame' approach has been the short cut to mass popularity for as long as stories have been handed down. The dopamine drama reaction of hover or scroll is undoubtedly whipping it to a fevered frenzy though. Either that or people go the other way. Then the lack of balance between vicious and vacuous stretches ever wider and thinner. People feel increasingly isolated and insecure skating on that ice and the populist comfort of dumb or damned polarity grows even stronger.”
The whole blood and guts V fern sniffers binary issue getting worse is so on point too. So many people NEED to hear that if we’re to make any progress towards better access for everyone rather than fighting with each other before we even get to the fences.