note: I use the phrase "death cults" a lot; it's my very broad term for mass social behavior/organization that leads people to fetishize political or physical destruction, self-destruction, or literal physical death.
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A thought experiment I've heard a few times: if each person could press a button to destroy the world, how many people would have their go before the world ended? Arguably, mass communication is allowing the creation of fractional buttons, along with little networked death cultshttps://twitter.com/micsolana/status/1270383382111780864 …
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Way fewer than a million. Which is frightening. But isn't is also true that mass communication can spread kindness and optimism? And can't those weaken 'little death cults'?
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Yes, and I don't necessarily believe that destructive networks inherently have an edge over generative/creative networks, but I do think a lot of current cultural settings make destruction feel more accessible/participatory than creative activity, which is... not good at all
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I would think we have an answer to this so far, at least since the invention of ballistic nuclear warheads
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The sound of a car can frighten wildlife. But wildlife eventually get used to living next to a highway. Social media is new and we're the deer hearing its first car.
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The positives of mass communication will outweigh negatives and ultimately provide greater transparency over time, imho.
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I have to ask why the optimism
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Ostracism used to be fairly effective: people didn't want to end up as a nutter in a basement. Now the basements of the world are talking to each other.
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