i know lots of brilliant rebels and none of them know what to do to unfuck us. lot of bipolar optimism/depression
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encountering people 35+ lately who have faith in “my generation” and younger. the youth, they say, are going to demand change. and yet no one has any idea what this superior socioeconomic geopolitics can look like
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i can tell you the kids haven’t got the answer. sure they’re pissed. but so were boomers when they were 18 and sent to die in vietnam. they came up with zilch, or were quashed if they had much of anything. i don’t believe in “the youth” like that. talk to me about MECHANISMS
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it remains to be seen if one can Invent networks On Principle fb, ytube, tinder, etc all ultimately serve engagement. whatever the sugar craving, fearful fuckmind wants, it gets.
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can people invent a medium (not a given subreddit) for a purpose?
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history indicates that medium makers don’t know the purpose of their work. edison thought vinyl was for keeping listening to church sermons at home (fun guy i take it).
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only after edison productized recorded audio did black musicians invent jazz and r&b derivatives that forged what music means today (as i understand it)
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money was invented to ease the exchange of value across time and space. the consequences of currency could not have been predicted.
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so is it POSSIBLE to say, hey, this situation sucks, and we need a new *social technology* to change the incentive schemes in which people operate? *redundant
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