Much of the activity of being people is anticipating, and dealing with, novelty - new information, new context, new events.
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So we can see "the news" as, in part, a ritual for domesticating novelty and bringing it in line with expectation & repetition.
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@sarahdoingthing This is made even more ritualized when the news is filtered to fit a narrative, and narratives are selected from a list. - 2 more replies
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@sarahdoingthing@DoTheWeirdStuff the opposite is also true. Rituals of fear, 2 minutes hate help people see the world as scary and cruel
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