1/ [Unresearched, Speculative, Thinking Out Loud] I would like to see (and I'm sure it exists) studies on the number of identities represented in mass media over time. I assume that the number has grown. And I wonder if *increased* prejudice is a natural consequence.
4/ If you're doing some sort of consideration averaging with accessible identity cues as the consideration, the curse of dimensionality coupled with bounded cognition binds aggressively. Consequently, I assume you're error rises pretty fast.
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5/ If this happens, given your resulting confusion, isn't it easier to just say there is my identity and everyone else is other? All else equal, does the proliferation of identities -- or more accurately, revelation of their existence-- encourage adversarial group calculus?
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6/ And, does it have to? Or, is it an artifact of the way we've structured media? Or, is it a natural consequence of scarcity? Or, is it a case of the tyranny of an identity instrumentalism that almost implicitly rejects "all men are created equal" (men left intentionally)?
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7/ (I really don't know. This is far less than half-baked. I'm just spitballing hoping someone gives me a good course heading.)
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