BRIAN WATSON ~ CAPITALISM ~ HEADED INTO THE ABYSS ~ 2019

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~ C-I-NGTSTLO-2100-PNE-20170-NALIAFTYWTE-MOUAT-TTW-AGTBPO-CAD ~ Civilization – Is – Not Going To See The Light Of – 2100 – Perhaps Not Even – 2070 – Not At Least In Any Form That You’d Want To Experience – Most Of Us Alive Today – Throughout The World – Are Going To Be Part Of – Collapse And Dissolution

~ WMCCAFD-TA-AA-POCMTWCITAMOOD-B-WWNDS ~ We Might Change Course Away From Disaster – There Are – After All – Plenty Of Constructive Measures That We Could Implement To Address Most Of Our Difficulties – But – We Will Not Do So

~ ASOMAT-TS-G-A-TAU ~ All Sorts Of Madnesses Abound Today – Throughout Societies – Globally – And – They Afflict Us

~ TW-H-C-A-H-I ~ Today’s World – Hyper-Connected – And – Hyper-Interdependent

~ MVTUTTAS-TT-O-T-ITB-FTOT-B-TANS-I-TA-C/O/I/H/D/S/L/I/E/R/U ~ Many Voices Tell Us That Things Are Simple – That This – Or – That – Is To Blame – For This Or That – But – Things Are Not Simple – Instead – They Are – Complicated / Overlapping / Interrelated / Historical / Dynamic / Simultaneous / Logical / Illogical / Emotional / Resolvable / Unresolvable

~ O-I-A-E-S-A-TCFTC-WBAMFIHTFU ~ Our – Imagination – And – Emotional – Selves – And – The Contest For Their Control – Will Be A Major Factor In How The Future Unfolds

~ OCADEEO-UP-A-BUBP-WA-S-F-D-A-BI ~ Ordinary Citizens Are Dividing Against Each Other – Using Politics – And – Being Used By Politics – We Are – Splintering – Fragmenting – Deteriorating – And – Becoming Impotent

~ FTLT-WDAA-NMCTP-TWNEFP ~ For The Longest Time – We Didn’t Assign Any – Negative Monetary Costs To Pollution – There Was No Explicit Financial Penalty

~ T-GE-I-MAS ~ The – Gig Economy – Is – Mostly A Scam

~ TEIDW-I-WE-ITF-B-NAD-A-TPWO ~ The Economy Is Doing Well – If – We Essentially – Ignore The Future – Both – Near And Distant – And – The Path We’re On

~ T-I-AAF-A-NN ~ Technology – Is – Always A Force – And – Never Neutral

~ EJTR-HJ-A-IHE-JTWMNDCB-DBM-WSBVT-AI ~ Even Jobs That Require – Human Judgement – And – Interpreting Human Emotion – Jobs That We Might Not Dream Could Be – Done By Machines – Will Soon Become Vulnerable To – Artificial Intelligence

~ C-C-A-P-W-SNNWTMW-AFTCTMT-RAP ~ Currently – Corporate – And – Political – Winners – See No Need Whatsoever To Mess With – A Formula That Continues To Make Them – Rich And Powerful

~ D-G-W’-II-U-AU-A-AOI-IIUTMUI-I/I/S-S/S/D/A/C-W-AP ~ Data – Gets – “Weaponized” – It Is – Used – Against Us – And – Against Our Interests – It Is Used To Make Us Into – Impulsive / Impressionable / Status-Seeking / Silly / Distracted / Acquisitive / Consuming – Web-Addicted People

~ D-IUT-M/C/D-B-OM-A-OB ~ Data – Is Used To – Modify / Change / Direct – Both – Our Moods – And – Our Behavior

~ EANETL-C-KT-T-DS-HB-H/B/HFR/C ~ Enterprises Are Not Eager To Let – Customers – Know That – Their – Digital Systems – Have Been – Hacked / Breached / Held For Ransom / Compromised

~ N-D-C-CTTW-T-H ~ Now – Digital – Computerized – Connected To The Web – Therefore – Hackable

~ MAM-WBR-AC-‘L’-HTDTJ ~ More And More – Will Be Replaced – As Computers – “Learn” – How To Do Their Jobs

~ WAP ~ Without Anyone’s Permission

~ WI-DAU-T-ITEO-TI-A-IRI-E/M/H/W ~ What Is – Different And Unprecedented – Today – Is The Existence Of – The Internet – And – Its Role In – Enlarging / Magnifying / Hardening / Weaponizing

~ WAB-L-T.D-M-E/R-A-MEDBMTSRLOOA ~ We Are Becoming – Less – Tolerant / Discerning – More – Emotional / Reactive – And – More Easily Distracted By Matters That Should Receive Less Of Our Attention

~ PTTEOTI-IWFMDF-P-W-BOA-V-T-FEO-T-STP-A-T-BITN ~ Prior To The Existence Of The Internet – It Was Far More Difficult For – People – With – Bizarre Or Antisocial – Views – To – Find Each Other – To – Sell Their Propaganda – And – To – Be In The News

~ TROTIIC-E/S/TDAAA/TGU/TL/TT-P-W-FALVORAF-A-NTEOS-O-D-O-OVT-TO-TEC-O-T-TIOO-WAACOU-TA ~ The Role Of The Internet In Connecting – Extremists / Sociopaths / The Dangerously Angry And Alienated / The Grossly Uneducated / The Lost / The Traumatized – People – Who – For A Large Variety Of Reasons And Forces – Are – Near The Edge Of Sanity – Or – Desperate – Or – Otherwise Vulnerable To – Their Own – Throbbing Emotional Condition – Or – To – The Influence Of Others – Who Are Also – Consciously Or Unconsciously – Thrashing About

~ HWU-HCT-TOT-A-TEOE ~ Heavy Web Users – Have Come To – Think Of Themselves – As – The Equal Of Experts

~ T-I-O-SMAC-C-VAP-O-YP-MT-A-MIHFTTD-A-HS-A-WC-O-A-BP-T-C/A/C/M-A-E-TLDOO-MS-YP-ABE-TTOTLA-‘B’ ~ The – Interwovenness – Of – Social Media And Commercialization – Changes – Values And Perspectives – Of – Young People – Manipulates Them – And – Makes It Much Harder For Them To Develop – A – Healthily Skeptical – And – Wise Critique – Of – And – Balanced Posture – Toward – Commercialization / Advertising / Consumption / Materialism – And – Even – The Larger Design Of Our – Market System – Young People – Are Being Encouraged – To Think Of Themselves Literally As –”Brands”

~ AJIT-GE-T/I/WB/UU ~ A Job In The – Gig Economy – Temporary / Insecure / Without Benefits / Ultimately Unsustainable

~ OC-F-P-F-A-CAU-A-F-CAE-A-BR ~ Our Capacities – For – Patience – For – Accepting – Complexity And Uncertainty – And – For – Cooperation And Empathy – Are – Being Reduced

~ WL-QT-IOL-WAL-T-CAA-F-DAC-RAI ~ With Less – Quiet Time – In Our Lives – We Are Losing – The – Capacity And Affinity – For – Deep And Critical – Reflection And Introspection

~ WW-I-TP-TB-S-W-F/F/S-I ~ WebWorld – Is – Training People – To Be – Satisfied – With – Fast / Fragmented / Superficial

~ WHE-‘C’-A-ASNOC-AT-AAOC ~ We Have Elevated – “Convenience” – And – A Simple-Minded Notion Of Convenience – At That – Above All Other Considerations

~ ITLTP-F-40Y-STR-STCW-A-F-S/P/A/I-TIWYG ~ If You Lie To People – For – 40 Years – Screw Them Royally – Steal The Country’s Wealth – And – Feed – Suspicion / Paranoia / Anxiety / Ignorance – This Is What You Get

~ MO-HWHTO-T-E/T/D-R-TAT-MC-BTSOOW ~ Media Outlets – Have Worked Hard To Obscure – The – Economic / Technological / Deregulatory – Realities – That Are The – Main Culprits – Behind The Struggles Of Ordinary Workers

~ OI-OC-O-APS-CF-SWEO-WWBATA-T-M-IAT-P-WH ~ Only If – Ordinary Citizens – Of – All Political Stripes – Can Find – Solidarity With Each Other – Will We Be Able To Address – The – Most – Important And Threatening – Problems – We Have

~ WLBN-A-WS-IAC-WCCD ~ We Live By Narratives – And – We Seek – Integration And Coherence – We Can Connect Dots

~ WW-SU-AF-CAD-F-II-HW-A-S-B-T-ASS-T-CATAOS ~ WebWorld – Seduces Us – Away From – Confusing And Difficult – Fare – It Is – Hard Work – And – Sometimes – Boring – To – Adequately Study Something – To – Consider All The Aspects Of Something

~ T-EQOE-AA-IT-I ~ The – Essential Quality Of Ecosystems – Above All – Is Their – Interconnectedness

~ RS-A-S-CDS-MM-HOR ~ Rising Seas – And – Salt-Contaminated Drinking Supplies – Massive Migrations – Hordes Of Refugees

~ F-OE-TS-A-OE-ES-HNR-TT-MPR-OT-P/B/C-W ~ Fundamentally – Our Entire – Technological System – And – Our Entire – Economic System – Have No Relationship – To The – Most Primary Realities – Of The – Physical / Biological / Chemical – World

~ TF-WHMR-F-PTB-EM-D/F/E-~ The Future – Will Hold Many Reasons – For – People To Become – Even More – Depressed / Fearful / Emotional

~ IA-FAD-W-FAE-WCTDTRTP-E-WBT-P-S-B ~ In A – Frightening And Deteriorating World – Fear And Emotions – Will Come To Dominate The Responses That People – Everywhere – Will Bring To – Planetary-Scale-Breakdowns

~ WIMC-I-TTIOATPOTP-WQONRWU-HM-PAW-WG-A-TDTWWU-I-BAC-OT-B ~ What Is Most Critical – Is – The Total Impact Of All The People On The Planet – What Quantity Of Natural Resources We Use – How Much – Pollution And Waste– We Generate – And – The Degree To Which We Upset – Important – Balances And Cycles – Of The – Biosphere

~ V-NB-I-B-B-G/A/D ~ Victimized – Not By – Immigrants – But – By – Globalization / Automation / Deregulation

~ HNOP-W-B-FTF-SC-A-ED ~ Huge Numbers Of People – Will – Be – Forced To Flee – Societal Collapse – And – Ecological Devastation

~ OESNTBMS ~ Our Economic System Needs To Be Made Sustainable

~ TI-A-M-NOWTGF-A-NOWTH ~ This Is – A – Message – No One Wants To Give – And – No One Wants To Hear

BRIAN WATSON ~ CAPITALISM ~ HEADED INTO THE ABYSS ~ 2019 ~ 231

~ II-S-A-D-FPTSAT-TCIFOU-I-E-COS-OOTO-TTWFIMM-NAC-TT-IRUTE-WAW-C-I-P-O-D-AT-RI-IA-IAS-‘S’-A-I-SA-CHU-TWSCT ~ It Is – Silly – And – Dishonest – For People To Speak As Though – The Choice In Front Of Us – Is – Either – Capitalism Or Socialism – One Or The Other – The Task We Face Is Much More – Nuanced And Complicated – Than That – It Requires Us To Examine – Where And Why – Capitalism – Is – Performing – Poorly – Or – Destructively – And Then – Readjust It – In Addition – If Adopting Some – “Socialistic” – Approaches – In – Specific Areas – Can Help Us – Then We Should Consider Them

~ T-M-I-S-O-P-O-C-HB-RC-OOC-FI-SD-F-ESP-A-FAM-O-B-OOP-P ~ Today – Many – Important – Segments – Or – Properties – Of – Capitalism – Have Become – Runaway Capitalism – Out Of Control – Frequently Irresponsible – Significancy Disconnected – From – Ecological Sustainability Principles – And – Fueled And Measured – Overwhelmingly – By – Only One Parameter – Profits

~ T-C-A-C-MR-S-S-A-CNF-W-HL-NL-A-WTAO-C-A-HMC-I-ATR-A-STG-ISOT-MFC-FI-OAP-IS-C-WAL-ISA-POO-C ~ Today’s – Capitalism – A – Cruder – More Rapacious – System – Shortchanges – And – Cares Not For – Workers – Has Little – National Loyalty – And – With The Aid Of – Computerization – And – Highly Mobile Capital – Is – Able To Roam – And – Straddle The Globe – In Search Of The – Most Favorable Conditions – For Its – Operation And Purposes – It Sharply – Creates – Winners And Losers – Inordinate Serves A – Plutocratic Or Oligarchic – Class

~ B-LC-ATL-A-IA-H-CSMP-CCBFFTT-CIOSOG ~ Because – Large Corporations – And – Their Lobbyists – And – Ideological Allies – Have – Captured So Many Politicians – Citizens Can Be Forgiven For Thinking That – Capitalism Is Our System Of Government

~ PT-MFP-W-CT-IINF-CG-WKT-O-F-S-E-CFS-A-C-W-L ~ Probably The – Most Fundamental Problem – With – Capitalism Today – Is Its Need For – Constant Growth – We Know Today – Our – Finite-Sized – Earth – Cannot Forever Support – A – Capitalism-Without-Limits

~ C-C-APD-I-ATTAOC ~ Currently – Capitalism – As Presently Designed – Is – A Threat To All Of Civilization

BRIAN WATSON ~ HEADED INTO THE ABYSS ~ 2019

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~ C-I-NGTSTLO-2100-PNE-20170-NALIAFTYWTE-MOUAT-TTW-AGTBPO-CAD ~ Civilization – Is – Not Going To See The Light Of – 2100 – Perhaps Not Even – 2070 – Not At Least In Any Form That You’d Want To Experience – Most Of Us Alive Today – Throughout The World – Are Going To Be Part Of – Collapse And Dissolution

~ WMCCAFD-TA-AA-POCMTWCITAMOOD-B-WWNDS ~ We Might Change Course Away From Disaster – There Are – After All – Plenty Of Constructive Measures That We Could Implement To Address Most Of Our Difficulties – But – We Will Not Do So

~ ASOMAT-TS-G-A-TAU ~ All Sorts Of Madnesses Abound Today – Throughout Societies – Globally – And – They Afflict Us

~ TW-H-C-A-H-I ~ Today’s World – Hyper-Connected – And – Hyper-Interdependent

~ MVTUTTAS-TT-O-T-ITB-FTOT-B-TANS-I-TA-C/O/I/H/D/S/L/I/E/R/U ~ Many Voices Tell Us That Things Are Simple – That This – Or – That – Is To Blame – For This Or That – But – Things Are Not Simple – Instead – They Are – Complicated / Overlapping / Interrelated / Historical / Dynamic / Simultaneous / Logical / Illogical / Emotional / Resolvable / Unresolvable

~ O-I-A-E-S-A-TCFTC-WBAMFIHTFU ~ Our – Imagination – And – Emotional – Selves – And – The Contest For Their Control – Will Be A Major Factor In How The Future Unfolds

~ OCADEEO-UP-A-BUBP-WA-S-F-D-A-BI ~ Ordinary Citizens Are Dividing Against Each Other – Using Politics – And – Being Used By Politics – We Are – Splintering – Fragmenting – Deteriorating – And – Becoming Impotent

~ FTLT-WDAA-NMCTP-TWNEFP ~ For The Longest Time – We Didn’t Assign Any – Negative Monetary Costs To Pollution – There Was No Explicit Financial Penalty

~ T-GE-I-MAS ~ The – Gig Economy – Is – Mostly A Scam

~ TEIDW-I-WE-ITF-B-NAD-A-TPWO ~ The Economy Is Doing Well – If – We Essentially – Ignore The Future – Both – Near And Distant – And – The Path We’re On

~T-I-AAF-A-NN ~ Technology – Is – Always A Force – And – Never Neutral

~ EJTR-HJ-A-IHE-JTWMNDCB-DBM-WSBVT-AI ~ Even Jobs That Require – Human Judgement – And – Interpreting Human Emotion – Jobs That We Might Not Dream Could Be – Done By Machines – Will Soon Become Vulnerable To – Artificial Intelligence

~ C-C-A-P-W-SNNWTMW-AFTCTMT-RAP ~ Currently – Corporate – And – Political – Winners – See No Need Whatsoever To Mess With – A Formula That Continues To Make Them – Rich And Powerful

~ D-G-W’-II-U-AU-A-AOI-IIUTMUI-I/I/S-S/S/D/A/C-W-AP ~ Data – Gets – “Weaponized” – It Is – Used – Against Us – And – Against Our Interests – It Is Used To Make Us Into – Impulsive / Impressionable / Status-Seeking / Silly / Distracted / Acquisitive / Consuming – Web-Addicted People

~ D-IUT-M/C/D-B-OM-A-OB ~ Data – Is Used To – Modify / Change / Direct – Both – Our Moods – And – Our Behavior

~EANETL-C-KT-T-DS-HB-H/B/HFR/C ~ Enterprises Are Not Eager To Let – Customers – Know That – Their – Digital Systems – Have Been – Hacked / Breached / Held For Ransom / Compromised

~ N-D-C-CTTW-T-H ~ Now – Digital – Computerized – Connected To The Web – Therefore – Hackable

~ MAM-WBR-AC-‘L’-HTDTJ ~ More And More – Will Be Replaced – As Computers – “Learn” – How To Do Their Jobs

~ WAP ~ Without Anyone’s Permission

~ WI-DAU-T-ITEO-TI-A-IRI-E/M/H/W ~ What Is – Different And Unprecedented – Today – Is The Existence Of – The Internet – And – Its Role In – Enlarging / Magnifying / Hardening / Weaponizing

~ WAB-L-T.D-M-E/R-A-MEDBMTSRLOOA ~ We Are Becoming – Less – Tolerant / Discerning – More – Emotional / Reactive – And – More Easily Distracted By Matters That Should Receive Less Of Our Attention

~ PTTEOTI-IWFMDF-P-W-BOA-V-T-FEO-T-STP-A-T-BITN ~ Prior To The Existence Of The Internet – It Was Far More Difficult For – People – With – Bizarre Or Antisocial – Views – To – Find Each Other – To – Sell Their Propaganda – And – To – Be In The News

~ TROTIIC-E/S/TDAAA/TGU/TL/TT-P-W-FALVORAF-A-NTEOS-O-D-O-OVT-TO-TEC-O-T-TIOO-WAACOU-TA ~ The Role Of The Internet In Connecting – Extremists / Sociopaths / The Dangerously Angry And Alienated / The Grossly Uneducated / The Lost / The Traumatized – People – Who – For A Large Variety Of Reasons And Forces – Are – Near The Edge Of Sanity – Or – Desperate – Or – Otherwise Vulnerable To – Their Own – Throbbing Emotional Condition – Or – To – The Influence Of Others – Who Are Also – Consciously Or Unconsciously – Thrashing About

~ HWU-HCT-TOT-A-TEOE ~ Heavy Web Users – Have Come To – Think Of Themselves – As – The Equal Of Experts

~ T-I-O-SMAC-C-VAP-O-YP-MT-A-MIHFTTD-A-HS-A-WC-O-A-BP-T-C/A/C/M-A-E-TLDOO-MS-YP-ABE-TTOTLA-‘B’ ~ The – Interwovenness – Of – Social Media And Commercialization – Changes – Values And Perspectives – Of – Young People – Manipulates Them – And – Makes It Much Harder For Them To Develop – A – Healthily Skeptical – And – Wise Critique – Of – And – Balanced Posture – Toward – Commercialization / Advertising / Consumption / Materialism – And – Even – The Larger Design Of Our – Market System – Young People – Are Being Encouraged – To Think Of Themselves Literally As –”Brands”

~ AJIT-GE-T/I/WB/UU ~ A Job In The – Gig Economy – Temporary / Insecure / Without Benefits / Ultimately Unsustainable

~ OC-F-P-F-A-CAU-A-F-CAE-A-BR ~ Our Capacities – For – Patience – For – Accepting – Complexity And Uncertainty – And – For – Cooperation And Empathy – Are – Being Reduced

~ WL-QT-IOL-WAL-T-CAA-F-DAC-RAI ~ With Less – Quiet Time – In Our Lives – We Are Losing – The – Capacity And Affinity – For – Deep And Critical – Reflection And Introspection

~ WW-I-TP-TB-S-W-F/F/S-I ~ WebWorld – Is – Training People – To Be – Satisfied – With – Fast / Fragmented / Superficial

~ WHE-‘C’-A-ASNOC-AT-AAOC ~ We Have Elevated – “Convenience” – And – A Simple-Minded Notion Of Convenience – At That – Above All Other Considerations

~ ITLTP-F-40Y-STR-STCW-A-F-S/P/A/I-TIWYG ~ If You Lie To People – For – 40 Years – Screw Them Royally – Steal The Country’s Wealth – And – Feed – Suspicion / Paranoia / Anxiety / Ignorance – This Is What You Get

~ MO-HWHTO-T-E/T/D-R-TAT-MC-BTSOOW ~ Media Outlets – Have Worked Hard To Obscure – The – Economic / Technological / Deregulatory – Realities – That Are The – Main Culprits – Behind The Struggles Of Ordinary Workers

~ OI-OC-O-APS-CF-SWEO-WWBATA-T-M-IAT-P-WH ~ Only If – Ordinary Citizens – Of – All Political Stripes – Can Find – Solidarity With Each Other – Will We Be Able To Address – The – Most – Important And Threatening – Problems – We Have

~ WLBN-A-WS-IAC-WCCD ~ We Live By Narratives – And – We Seek – Integration And Coherence – We Can Connect Dots

~ WW-SU-AF-CAD-F-II-HW-A-S-B-T-ASS-T-CATAOS ~ WebWorld – Seduces Us – Away From – Confusing And Difficult – Fare – It Is – Hard Work – And – Sometimes – Boring – To – Adequately Study Something – To – Consider All The Aspects Of Something

~ T-EQOE-AA-IT-I ~ The – Essential Quality Of Ecosystems – Above All – Is Their – Interconnectedness

~ RS-A-S-CDS-MM-HOR ~ Rising Seas – And – Salt-Contaminated Drinking Supplies – Massive Migrations – Hordes Of Refugees

~ F-OE-TS-A-OE-ES-HNR-TT-MPR-OT-P/B/C-W ~ Fundamentally – Our Entire – Technological System – And – Our Entire – Economic System – Have No Relationship – To The – Most Primary Realities – Of The – Physical / Biological / Chemical – World

~ TF-WHMR-F-PTB-EM-D/F/E-~ The Future – Will Hold Many Reasons – For – People To Become – Even More – Depressed / Fearful / Emotional

~ IA-FAD-W-FAE-WCTDTRTP-E-WBT-P-S-B ~ In A – Frightening And Deteriorating World – Fear And Emotions – Will Come To Dominate The Responses That People – Everywhere – Will Bring To – Planetary-Scale-Breakdowns

~ WIMC-I-TTIOATPOTP-WQONRWU-HM-PAW-WG-A-TDTWWU-I-BAC-OT-B ~ What Is Most Critical – Is – The Total Impact Of All The People On The Planet – What Quantity Of Natural Resources We Use – How Much – Pollution And Waste– We Generate – And – The Degree To Which We Upset – Important – Balances And Cycles – Of The – Biosphere

~ V-NB-I-B-B-G/A/D ~ Victimized – Not By – Immigrants – But – By – Globalization / Automation / Deregulation

~ HNOP-W-B-FTF-SC-A-ED ~ Huge Numbers Of People – Will – Be – Forced To Flee – Societal Collapse – And – Ecological Devastation

~ OESNTBMS ~ Our Economic System Needs To Be Made Sustainable

~ TI-A-M-NOWTGF-A-NOWTH ~ This Is – A – Message – No One Wants To Give – And – No One Wants To Hear

JOAN DONOVAN + EMILY DREYFUSS + BRIAN FRIEDBERG ~ MEDIA MANIPULATION ~ MEME WARS ~ 2022

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~ R:RSAN-PIO-CB-A-GTITTTBRII ~ REPETITION: Repeating Something Ad Nauseam – Plays Into Our – Cognitive Biases – And – Gives The Impression That The Thing Being Repeated Is Important

~ R:SAMP ~ REDUNDANCY: Shared Across Multiple Platforms

~ R:R-BCTIR ~ RESPONSIVENESS: Reactions – Brings Communities Together In Replies

~ R:CUATBA ~ REINFORCEMENT: Conferred Upon A Topic By Algorithms

JOAN DONOVAN + EMILY DREYFUSS + BRIAN FRIEDBERG ~ MEME WARS ~ 2022

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~ M-POM-T-R-F-DR ~ Meme – Piece Of Media – That – Resonated – For – Different Reasons

~ R/R/R-CASOM ~ Recontextualized / Remixed / Redistributed – Carrying All Sorts Of Meaning

~ M-SM-IA-I-G-STASA-IJ-TTA-I-T-POTO-Y-EWYA-PAA-TCA-POV-A-ATPOTS ~ Memes – Signify Membership – In An – In-Group – Sometimes They Are Such An – Inside Joke – That They Are – Inscrutable – To – People On The Outside – Yet – Even When They Are – Popular And Accessible – They Contain A – Point Of View – And – Announce The Positioning Of The Sharer

~ OHOALM-I-IATB-R/C-O-A-UAIC ~ One – Hallmark Of A Lasting Meme – Is – Its Ability To Be – Recontextualized / Co-Opted – And – Used Against Its Creators

~ TMW-HB-TS-EATL-RTLOTPWDEIT-T-MP-MW-NF-I-P-B-A-LO-FAI-B-I-I-CITBOOSTM-P ~ The – Meme Wars – Have Been – Tremendously Successful – Even As They Largely – Ruined The Lives Of The People Who Directly Engaged In Them – The – Most Powerful – Meme Warriors – Now Face – Indictment – Prison – Bankruptcy – And – Loss Of – Family And Identity – But – Their – Ideas – Carried Into The Bloodstream Of Our Society Through Memes – Persist

~ MW-A-CW-CAI-BOT-IAI-OT-I-W-T-OAE-A-C-R-SAS-A-FTEOTW-IA-N-ES-O-IAW-A-M-COS-P/KU ~ Meme Wars – Are – Culture Wars – Accelerated And Intensified – Because Of The – Infrastructure And Incentives – Of The – Internet – Which – Trades – Outrage And Extremity – As – Currency – Rewards – Speed And Scale – And – Flattens The Experience Of The World– Into A – Never-Ending Scroll – Of – Images And Words – A – Morass – Capable Of Swallowing – Patience / Kindness / Understanding

~ S-YDNARS-TGYITMOP-YJNT-FOTDO-A ~ Suddenly – You Didn’t Need A Radio Show – To Get Your Idea To Millions Of People – You Just Needed To – Figure Out The Desires Of – Algorithm

~ MW-UTIY-CTN-Y-CE ~ Meme Warlords – Understand That If You – Control The Narrative – You – Control Everything

~ WT-COTI-C-INSTCB-MME-H ~ With The – Connectivity Of The Internet – Culture – Is Now Something That Can Be – Much More Easily – Hacked

~ SIFI ~ Spreading Intentionally False Information

~ AEC-I-N-A-T ~ Algorithmic Echo Chambers – Individual – News – And – Timelines

~ PP-E-ITBE-O-ET ~ Political Polarization – Embedded – Into The Back End – Of – Every Tool

~ ASPFH ~ A Safe Space For Hate

~ ESA-L-D-C-OT-I-CC-R-WC-IIHEEBI ~ Even A – Lose – Distributed – Coalition – On The – Internet – Could Cause – Real-World Chaos – If It Had Enough Energy Behind It

~CW ~ Cringe Watching

~ MM-A-J-T-WQAJ ~ Meme Magic – A – Joke – That – Wasn’t Quite A Joke

~ TIO-MM-BIOM ~ The Idea Of – Meme Magic – Became Its Own Meme

~ T-POTC-II-SE-B-II-COS-F-WESTS ~ The – Power Of The Crowd – Isn’t In – Surfacing Evidence – But – In Its – Chorus Of Support – For – Whatever Explanation Seems To Stick

~ WYF-HTAO-PD-WEAFO-OAP ~ Whatever You Find – Has The Aura Of – Personal Discovery – Which Engenders A Feeling Of – Ownership And Pride

~ M-FAT-SG-FC-BTTIACL-W-SIJ-A-SE ~ Memes – Function As The – Social Glue – For Communities – Binding Them Together In A Common Language – With – Shared In-Jokes – And – Sworn Enemies

~ SM-INLA-ET-IWTPOF-SC-B-GVTSG;IHIB-ATOTP-UT-D/H/C-VG ~ Social Media– Is No Loner An – Emerging Technology – Imbued With The Possibility Of Fostering – Social Change – By – Giving Voice To Small Groups; It Has Instead Become – A Tool Of The Powerful – Used To – Dominate / Harass / Coerce – Vulnerable Groups

BARRY SCHWARTZ ~ WHAT TO DO ABOUT CHOICE ~ THE PARADOX OF CHOICE ~ 2004

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~ CWTC-WMD-WCIOL-RM-A-FO-TAE-T-LMOOPUB ~ Choose When To Choose – We Must Decide – Which Choices In Our Lives – Really Matter – And – Focus Our – Time And Energy – There – Letting Many Other Opportunities Pass Us By

~ BA-C-NA-P-SOE-DADTAUTY~ Be A – Chooser – Not A – Picker – Shorten Or Eliminate – Deliberations About Decisions That Are Unimportant To You

~ SM-A-ML-TCAY-GAA-D-W-D-S-F-WI-‘GE’ ~ Satisfice More – And – Maximize Less – Think Carefully About Your – Goals And Aspirations – Develop – Well-Defined – Standards – For – What Is – “Good Enough”

~ TA-T-C-OMO ~ Think About – The – Costs – Of – Missed Opportunities

~ MYDN-WWCCOMAD-WALSWT ~ Make Your Decisions Nonreversible – When We Can Change Our Minds About Decisions – We Are Less Satisfied With Them

~ PA-‘AOG’ ~ Practice An – “Attitude Of Gratitude”

~ RL ~ Regret Less

~ AA-DRE-A-HECWT ~ Anticipate Adaptation – Develop Realistic Expectations – About – How Experiences Change With Time

~ CE-OEOEISIBHICWOE ~ Control Expectations – Our Evaluation Of Experience Is Substantially Influenced By How It Compares With Our Expectations

~ CSC ~ Curtail Social Comparison

~ LTEC ~ Learn To Embrace Constraints

BARRY SCHWARTZ ~ THE PRICE OF MAXIMIZING ~ THE PARADOX OF CHOICE ~ 2004

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~ IYA-S-TNO-AO-NNHASIOY-D-M-WYEAO-A-I-GE-T-MYS-YLNF ~ If You’re A – Satisficer – The Number Of – Available Options – Need Not Have A Significant Impact On Your – Decision Making – When You Examine An Object – And – It’s – Good Enough – To – Meet Your Standards – You Look No Further

~ B-IYA-M-EO-HTPTSYI-ET-O-A/R/S-C ~ But – If You’re A – Maximizer – Every Option – Has The Potential To Snare You Into – Endless Tangles – Of – Anxiety / Regret / Second-Guessing

~ TTFSWF-OBC-I-A-T-SS-MO ~ The Task For Someone Who Feels – Overwhelmed By Choices – Is – Apply The – Satisficing Strategy – More Often

~ IIALET-DWSI-GE-S-TIIT-DWSI-TB-M ~ It’s A Lot Easier To – Decide Whether Something Is – Good Enough – Satisfice – Than It Is To – Decide Whether Something Is – The Best – Maximize

BARRY SCHWARTZ ~ WE WOULD BE BETTER OFF… ~ THE PARADOX OF CHOICE ~ 2004

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~ IW-E-C-VC-OO0FOC-IORAT ~ If We – Embraced – Certain – Voluntary Constraints – On Our – Freedom Of Choice – Instead Of Rebelling Against Them

~ SWW-‘GE’-IOS-TB ~ Seeking What Was – “Good Enough” – Instead Of Seeking – The Best

~ I-W-LOE-A-T-ROD ~ If – We – Lowered Our Expectations – About – The – Results Of Decisions

~ I-TDWMWN ~ If – The Decisions We Made Were Nonreversible

~ I-W-PLAT-WOAUWD ~ If – We – Paid Less Attention To – What Others Around Us Were Doing

BARRY SCHWARTZ ~ THE PARADOX OF CHOICE ~ 2004

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~ WPHNC-LIAU-ATNOACI-TA-C/L-TVB-A-PAP-B-A-TNOCKG-NA-O-HA-MOO-BTA-WBO-ATP-C-NL-L-B-D-IMEBST-T ~ When People Have No Choice – Life Is Almost Unbearable – As The Number Of Available Choices Increases – The Autonomy / Control / Liberation – This Variety Brings – Are – Powerful And Positive – But – As – The Number Of Choices Keeps Growing – Negative Aspects – Of – Having A – Multitude Of Options – Begin To Appear – We Become Overloaded – At This Point – Choice – No Longer – Liberates – But – Debilitates – It Might Even Be Said To – Tyrannize

~ TFT-SCIG-DNMT-MCIB ~ The Fact That – Some Choice Is Good – Doesn’t Necessarily Mean That – More Choice Is Better

~ ITCPW-‘FF’-A-RE-TWBATA-‘FT’ ~ If The Constraints People Want – “Freedom From” – Are – Rigid Enough – They Won’t Be Able To Attain – “Freedom To”

~ A-H-AOO-MDC-B-IFAIITETGIMAD-S-CDNTD-A-DBTP ~ A – Huge – Array Of Options – May Discourage Consumers – Because – It Forces An Increase In The Effort That Goes Into Making A Decision – So – Consumers Decide Not To Decide – And – Don’t Buy The Product

~ A-LAOO-M-DTA-O-WPAC-TA-TAOSOT-UO-DFTPDFT-CO ~ A – Large Array Of Options – May – Diminish The Attractiveness – Of – What People Actually Choose – Thinking About – The Attractions Of Some Of The – Unchosen Options – Detracts From The Pleasure Derived From The – Chosen One

~ DT-IC-BWI-IS-? ~ Does This – Increased Complexity – Bring With It – Increased Satisfaction – ?

~ FOEI-I-OOTBFOC-IEATOS-DOA-AAT-WWBATGTTD ~ Filtering Out Extraneous Information – Is – One Of The Basic Functions Of Consciousness – If Everything Available To Our Senses – Demanded Our Attention – At All Times – We Wouldn’t Be Able To Get Through The Day

~ EOUIFTSFOT-MAM-O-I-AEAOL ~ Each Of Us Is Forced To Sift For Ourselves Through – More And More – Options – In – Almost Every Aspect Of Life

~ P-WMCOTDOTL-B-P-AW-T-STL-T-POOT ~ People – Want More Control Over The Details Of Their Lives – But – People – Also Want – To – Simplify Their Lives – The – Paradox Of Our Times

~ IT-EOD-EIYKWYAH-YMEU-PSM-F-SOW-S ~ In The – Era Of Deregulation – Even If You Keep What You’ve Always Had – You May End Up – Paying Substantially More – For – Same Or Worse – Service

~ OA-NC-DMER-A-CMIRFF ~ Once Again – New Choices – Demand More Extensive Research – And – Create More Individual Responsibility For Failure

~ KYG ~ Knowing Your Goals

~ WWRATPQOOPE-IAEDBTT:HTEFATP(BOW)-A-HTFWTE-A-WROTSLTROOHTEF ~ What We Remember About The Pleasurable Quality Of Our Past Experiences – Is Almost Entirely Determined By Two Things: How The Experiences Felt At Their Peak (Best Or Worst) – And – How They Felt When They Ended – And – We Rely On That Summary Later To Remind Ourselves Of How The Experience Felt

~ TAOFOTI-CLPA ~ The Absence Of Filters On The Internet – Can Lead People Astray

~ BOOAAMATUFM-WATAMF-TD-CUT-MD-T-VRWFIL-A-T-CT-SVBC ~ Because Our Own Actions Are More Available To Us From Memory – We Assume They Are More Frequent – This Distortion – Causes Us To – Miscalculate Dramatically – The – Various Risks We Face In Life – And – Thus – Contributes To – Some Very Bad Choices

~ WYH-T-SS-E-Y-LAL-YAIMBT ~ When You Hear – The – Same Story – Everywhere – You – Look And Listen – You Assume It Must Be True

~ A-TSTBLWCDTA-BIB-TAT-A-O-CP ~ Anchoring – There Seems To Be Little We Can Do To Avoid – Being Influenced By – The Alternatives That – Anchor – Our – Comparison Process

~ II-T-FOTC-TAOPOI-A-IT-AWWC ~ It Is – The – Framing Of The Choice – That Affects Our Perception Of It – And – In Turn – Affects What We Choose

~ OSIGTY-IY-OIBPOYE-EAAVFM-GIUWEAL ~ Once Something Is Given To You – It’s Yours – Once It Becomes Part Of Your Endowment – Even After A Very Few Minutes – Giving It Up Will Entail A Loss

~ CW-BWD-ACUOYG-A-T-FC-YMMI-B-TGO-CTAB-A-TGO-CSTIGE ~ Choosing Wisely – Begins With Developing – A Clear Understanding Of Your Goals – And – The – First Choice – You Must Make Is – Between – The Goal Of – Choosing The Absolute Best – And – The Goal Of – Choosing Something That Is Good Enough

~ IY-SAA-OTB-YAAM-TATMITBA-S-T-SFSTI-GE-A-NWATPT-TMBSB ~ If You – Seek And Accept – Only The Best – You Are A – Maximizer – The Alternative To Maximizing Is To Be A – Satisficer – To – Settle For Something That Is – Good Enough – And – Not Worry About The Possibility That – There Might Be Something Better

~ FAA-A-CTOW-B-A-C-I-C-T-FAA ~ Freedom And Autonomy – Are – Critical To Our Well-Being – And – Choice – Is – Critical – To – Freedom And Autonomy

~ T-M-C-E ~ Too-Much-Choice – Effect

~ MH ~ Measuring Happiness

~ ECWM-H-OC-AWI-TAOC-MNCTDYM-B-IUWGYA-MRA-OTFIOTD ~ Every Choice We Make – Has – Opportunity Costs – Associated With It – Thinking About Opportunity Costs – May Not Change The Decision You Make – But – It Will Give You A – More Realistic Assessment – Of The Full Implications Of That Decision

~ BFTC-T-O-I-MD-MP-UAI ~ Being Forced To – Confront – Trade-Offs – In – Making Decisions – Makes People – Unhappy And Indecisive

~ WST-DOBT-WWFG ~ We Seem To – Do Our Best Thinking – When We’re Feeling Good

~ PANA-TF-A-DS ~ People Are Not Always –Thinking First – And – Deciding Second

~ WIMEPIW-INN-WIMI-B-O-PIW-TITTV-TOAS ~ What Is Most Easily Put Into Words – Is Not Necessarily – What Is Most Important – But – Once – Put Into Words – Their Importance To The Verbalizer – Takes On Added Significance

~ B-D-B-GAB-IAFSMT-DG-F-B-F-B ~ But – Distinguishing – Between – Good And Bad – Is A Far Simpler Matter Than – Distinguishing – Good – From– Better – From – Best

~ WGUTT-AT-WSTTTFG ~ We Get Used To Things – And Then –We Start To Take Them For Granted

~ EAE-G-A-GEWP ~ Experiencing And Expressing – Gratitude – Actually – Gets Easier With Practice

~ T-C-O-HE ~ The – Curse – Of – High Expectations

~ T-C-O-SC ~ The – Curse – Of – Social Comparison

MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI ~ CONSEQUENCES OF FLOW ~ THE EVOLVING SELF ~ 1993

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~ C-PWHM-CC-TTA-A-TS-AUVEI-ATSPTTFT-TETW ~ Creativity – People Who Have Made – Creative Contributions – To – The Arts – And – The Sciences – Are Usually Very Eloquent In – Ascribing Their Success Primarily To The Fact That – They Enjoyed Their Work

~ PP-G-A/M/P-M-DS-F-FTA-OTWNPTTTL ~ Peak Performance – Great – Athletes / Musicians / Performers – Must – Derive Some – Flow – From Their Activity – Otherwise They Would Not Push Themselves To The Limit

~ TD-T-FOF-MT-OMOCA-MT-PT/PS/I-WT-BP-OT-DOT ~ Talent Development – The – Frequency Of Flow – More Than – Objective Measures Of Cognitive Ability – More Than – Personality Traits / Parental Status / Income – Was The – Best Predictor – Of The – Development Of Talent

~ P-WWETJ-WBMD-TTWA-E-AOB ~ Productivity – Workers Who Enjoy Their Jobs – Will Be More Dedicated – Than Those Who Are – Either – Anxious Or Bored

~ S-E-PWSMTIF-GRHS-E ~ Self-Esteem – People Who Spend More Time In Flow – Generally Report Higher Self-Esteem

~ SR-FHP ~ Stress Reduction – Fewer Health Problems

~ CA-ITS-TIE-WP-A-GI-QOE-A-HA-PH ~ Clinical Applications – Identify Those Situations – That If Expanded – Would Promote – A – Greatly Improved – Quality Of Experience – And – Hence A – Possible Healing

MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI ~ CHARACTERISTIC DIMENSIONS OF THE FLOW EXPERIENCE ~ THE EVOLVING SELF ~ 1993

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~ CG-OIDD-OKIHWOID ~ Clear Goals – Objective Is Distinctly Defined – One Knows Instantly How Well One Is Doing

~ OF-AD-A-RH-A-TAMB-OPATA ~ Opportunities For – Acting Decisively – Are – Relatively High – And – They Are Matched By – One’s Perceived Ability To Act

~ AAA-M-O-P-O-M ~ Action And Awareness – Merge – One-Pointedness – Of – Mind

~ ASO-PC ~ A Sense Of – Potential Control

~ LOS-C-TOEB ~ Loss Of Self-Consciousness – Transcendence Of Ego Boundaries

~ ASO-G-A-O-BPOSGE ~ A Sense Of – Growth – And – Of – Being Part Of Some Greater Entity

~ ASO-T-STPF ~ Altered Sense Of – Time – Seems To Pass Faster

~ EBA-WDFIOS ~ Experience Becomes Autotelic – Worth Doing For Its Own Sake

~ U-F-CBEIATA-D-RT-C-TLT-E-IO-H ~ Unfortunately – Flow – Can Be Experienced In Activities That Are – Destructive – Rather Than – Constructive – That Lead To – Entropy – Instead Of – Harmony