Just under 20 years ago i began playing around around with some folks in organized labor who hated the bureaucracy. The sentiment was the internet could give people power they never enjoyed. Amazing how right they were as the potential to reach out and touch/gather like-minded individuals was almost unlimited.
And then came social media where that potential was magnified ten-fold (or more). Seems power is indeed intoxicating. Doesn't matter where it stems from, and in fact the old concept of the 7 basic power bases has been turned on its head. The internet has become the great equalizer.
The question simply becomes are we better or worse from it? We taught manipulation for the right reasons was fine. Who gets to draw the lines on what's right and what's wrong? When is too far or too much okay? When the norms are shattered, virtually everything goes out the window. There are no lines.
Sadly, there doesn't appear to be any answers. We've apparently lost that capacity to judge morality, humanity and common sense. Think not? How in God's name are some republican's justifying/defending what happened on January 6, when anyone watching it should have been horrified.
If the impeachment fails, and it will, what hope is there. As you pointed out the other day Steve, trump needs to be kicked to the curb. They (the right) got out of him what they wanted. The price they paid was too high, but a divorce where they cut the bonds should be a given.
We all love technology, the advances we've made are extraordinary. That said, this is one of those times i think we need take a step backwards. Rekindle ties to our neighbors and our communities. As we've become slaves to the keyboard and the monitor we've become less social, less grounded in the values we were built on. Interesting to think "social media" has made us less social and more devoid of human compassion and kindness.
Indeed Mobulism is the antithesis of the enlightenment movement that our country was founded upon. A Catch 22 with eroding institutions no longer sufficiently constraining mobs, and virtual mobs that are not tethered to reason or morality. Rough seas to navigate.
Just under 20 years ago i began playing around around with some folks in organized labor who hated the bureaucracy. The sentiment was the internet could give people power they never enjoyed. Amazing how right they were as the potential to reach out and touch/gather like-minded individuals was almost unlimited.
And then came social media where that potential was magnified ten-fold (or more). Seems power is indeed intoxicating. Doesn't matter where it stems from, and in fact the old concept of the 7 basic power bases has been turned on its head. The internet has become the great equalizer.
The question simply becomes are we better or worse from it? We taught manipulation for the right reasons was fine. Who gets to draw the lines on what's right and what's wrong? When is too far or too much okay? When the norms are shattered, virtually everything goes out the window. There are no lines.
Sadly, there doesn't appear to be any answers. We've apparently lost that capacity to judge morality, humanity and common sense. Think not? How in God's name are some republican's justifying/defending what happened on January 6, when anyone watching it should have been horrified.
If the impeachment fails, and it will, what hope is there. As you pointed out the other day Steve, trump needs to be kicked to the curb. They (the right) got out of him what they wanted. The price they paid was too high, but a divorce where they cut the bonds should be a given.
We all love technology, the advances we've made are extraordinary. That said, this is one of those times i think we need take a step backwards. Rekindle ties to our neighbors and our communities. As we've become slaves to the keyboard and the monitor we've become less social, less grounded in the values we were built on. Interesting to think "social media" has made us less social and more devoid of human compassion and kindness.
Indeed Mobulism is the antithesis of the enlightenment movement that our country was founded upon. A Catch 22 with eroding institutions no longer sufficiently constraining mobs, and virtual mobs that are not tethered to reason or morality. Rough seas to navigate.