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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 May 2019

      I wrote about why the downturn of storytelling in #GameofThrones also explains why it's hard for us to deal with Facebook, YouTube, AI, etc. The show was a rare beast: a sociological narrative in a world dominated by psychological/individualized ones. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-real-reason-fans-hate-the-last-season-of-game-of-thrones/ …pic.twitter.com/x1b2dKZkOT

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      Aaron Hertzmann‏ @AaronHertzmann 17 May 2019
      Replying to @zeynep

      Beautifully written. I think it’s also why the dominance of superhero stories is so scary: the solution to all our problems is a Strong Man punching our enemies.

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        2. Chuck‏ @chirpychaz7 17 May 2019
          Replying to @AaronHertzmann @zeynep

          Lol oh boy... you’re really looking at this show with the wrong lense. Ask Sansa Stark if men punching people is the easy solution within this story.

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        3. Aaron Hertzmann‏ @AaronHertzmann 17 May 2019
          Replying to @chirpychaz7 @zeynep

          I’m not describing GoT that way. (Even if the wording was clumsy.)

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        1. Geriatric Millennial Attorney at Law‏ @Errorreporrt 17 May 2019
          Replying to @AaronHertzmann @zeynep

          This also explains why I always found genre fiction so much more fufilling than most other more respected writing and many comic books never appealed to me. The best comics though were sociological especially the Marvel ones.

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        2. lilian edwards‏ @lilianedwards 18 May 2019
          Replying to @AaronHertzmann @zeynep

          This is actually unfair - the reason why the best of the superhero stories touch people is exactly this, that they show personal moral high ground is not enough in changing conflicted societies- notably in Winter Soldier and Black Panther

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        3. Matías N. Goldberg‏ @matiasgoldberg 19 May 2019
          Replying to @lilianedwards @AaronHertzmann @zeynep

          In Black Panther the fall and rise of Wakanda depended on a single individual: who's in charge. It's literally what's being criticized by the article

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        1. Stella‏ @sarahisastella 19 May 2019
          Replying to @AaronHertzmann @zeynep

          I agree that superhero movies are just Strong Person punches the embodiment of evil or whatever But superhero comics are all about questioning societal roles and structures. I don’t think it’s about genre as much as mainstream stories are simplified and uphold the status quo

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        1. "Oy" elk‏ @steel_elk 23 May 2019
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          The Incredibles tripped my "this is fascist thinking" alarm, and I've been unable to unring that bell for pretty much all superhero materials I've heard about since then.

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