Thread on the reality: "U.S. Murder Rate for 2018 Is on Track for a Big Drop" vs. our perception, that we live in increasingly dangerous times for murder and violent crimes in the United States.https://twitter.com/stick631/status/1071178865198972928 …
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This is a variation on old thaumaturgic maxim 'The Name is the Thing". I'm beginning to toy with the idea that social media amplification is the current iteration of Gnosticism. Hitting the Like button, in this view, might equate to chanting an apotropaic spell.
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... collective consciousness channeling intention...
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I still teach sociology: who & what influences our interpretations of reality—who is a witch; what is the best route to salvation; what is real & significant? A Harvard-educated minister in 1692; numerous Protestant theologians in Europe; every other media source since before now
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