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“And the only way to reboot history is to figure out new beings to be. Because that’s ultimately what beefing is about: a way to avoid being, without allowing time itself to end.” on forgetting the internet culture war by remembering purpose:
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I guess you’d feel those were bigger deals if you’re close to the people harmed. I know that stuff happens but I’m comparing to worse alternatives. What do you think of the theory that entertainment absorbs energy that might be otherwise used for war or civil unrest?
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That’s a first-order comparison. Football’s damage is kinda limited to say a few athlete brain injuries. CW damage is *designed* to find pathways to policy influence that ultimately lead to wars, police states, re-education camps etc, beyond basic PTSD of participation.
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The CW has *already* metastasized into all those things you seem to agree are bad. Around the world. It shares features with entertainment, but unlike video games or TV, both direct and metastasized damage NPV is not speculative.
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Nope. Almost all the intelligence is in backchannel conversations among people who track this stuff. Significant effect is a statistician’s way of thinking about this. It’s a poor frame because the impact is much more direct and causal-narrative.
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Yes, I’m with you on that… I thought that it was an obvious common sense understanding that CW had captured the political discourse, and that this had effects, but apparently I was engaging in typical mind fallacy
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It has, but via 3 degrees of separation and convoluted feedback with NYT, Fox etc. To the extent normies who live off those sources dont realize the feedstock of mainstream media has changed from feet-on-ground beat reporting to social media.
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