Our social and political environment isn't really that responsive anymore. But, perversely, there is agency in the mob.https://twitter.com/jeffbigham/status/1094292820268142594 …
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Replying to @generativist
i wouldn't describe this as "agency" …although maybe there is a way that agency makes sense, explain more?
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Replying to @jeffbigham
Er, s/agency/perceptual agency/ The system is so complex and power is so asymmetrical that I (and most people) do not feel as though it is responsive to my beliefs, values, and policy preferences.
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Replying to @generativist
ah, i see, so we feel that we can have agency through online mobs, even if when and how we are actually able to respond via the mechanism is mostly out of our control?
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Yea. Like, I'm a reasonably smart guy but in a behavioral sense, I'm still convinced that giving shit to Dumb Starbucks guy matters. That's a hell of a delusion. Even if it does, it's a misallocation -- but a seductive one.
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