I think a lot of the societal breakdown we are seeing is a matter of human psychology — designed for pre-historical humans by evolution — running up against technology that it can’t handle and goes kindof crazy trying to confront.
-This is probably why social media is so harmful for teenagers — social dynamics on steroids that you can’t ever really win
-Also talked about this a lot with bubbling behavior and learning things from people who look like me rather than people who seem smart
-I think one form – social shaming – is leading to an unintended acceleration of radicalization
-in conclusion our ape behavior to use social shame to reinforce norms is backfiring
-no idea what the alternative is: write in, especially if you studied a lot of psychology
-Erik
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