~ E-R-P-C ~ E-Reading – Poorer – Comprehension
~ ‘BE’:B-C ~ “Book Effect”: Better – Comprehension
~ SGEFARE ~ Significantly Greater Eye Fatigue After Reading E-Books
~ RTRAE-T-I-SL-TFA-PB ~ Reading Time For An E-Textbook – Is – Significancy Longer – Than For A – Paper Book
~ WOTT-B-O-S-MBTHW? ~ Which Of The Two – Book – Or – Screen – Might Be The Harder Work?
~ TDB-SAP ~ The Difference Between – Silcion And Paper
~ TDO-MAH ~ The Distractions Of – Multitasking And Hypertext
~ LAHMTISG ~ Lying About How Much Time Is Spent Gaming
~ IFO-POQ ~ Intense Feelings Of – Pleasure Or Guilt
~ S-MAM-T-G-TG-TSE ~ Spending – More And More – Time – Gaming – To Get – The Same Enjoyment
~ WF-F/F/S ~ Withdrawing From – Friends / Family / Spouse
~ A/D/M/A/R-WNG ~ Anger / Depression / Moodiness / Anxiety / Restlessness – When Not Gaming
~ SSSOMO-OS-CU-GS ~ Spending Significant Sums Of Money On – Online Services / Computer Upgrades / Gaming Systems
~ TOAG-EWDOT ~ Thinking Obsessively About Gaming – Even When Doing Other Things
~ VLICBD-B-G-TP-R-ITEO-SC-OT-YM-O-I-TM-AAA ~ Very Little Is Currently Being Done – By – Government – To Promote – Research – Into The Effects Of – Screen Culture – On The – Young Mind – Or – Indeed – The Mind – At Any Age
~ TINNBUIM-SSHSTIIUUTEHAD ~ Technology Is Not Necessarily Being Used In Moderation – Some Surveys Have Suggested That It Is Used Up To Eleven Hours A Day
~ MD-G/C/U/M ~ Mind Change – Global / Controversial / Unprecedented / Multifaceted
~ TPEOA-S-O-DE ~ The Potential Effects Of A – Screen-Oriented – Daily Existence
~ TATWAARB-DNSTTOH ~ The Argument That We Are Automatically Rational Beings – Does Not Stand The Test Of History
~ TEOO-AI-A-TNT-ADHC-HNPFIACD-A–T-DE-IGEMP-AAEYA ~ The Easy Opportunity Of – Alternative Identity – And – The Notion That – Actions Don’t Have Consequences – Have Never Previously Featured In A Child’s Development – And – The – Digital Environment – Is Getting Ever More Pervasive – At An Ever Younger Age
~ OOTBDB-ET-A-CDC-I-Q-T-AOT-TS-M-O-AAE-A-IAWT-B/C/R/TV-NH ~ One Of The Big Differences Between –Earlier Technologies – And – Current Digital Counterparts – Is – Quantitative – The – Amount Of Time – The Screen – Monopolizes – Our – Active And Exclusive – Attention – In A Way That – Book / Cinema / Radio / TV – Never Have
~ TCOA-S-BL-I-U-NOIHIS-TAF-B-ABOT-CE-O-N-E-A-N-PAL-O ~ The Content Of A – Screen-Based Lifestyle – Is – Unprecedented – Not Only In How It Shapes – Thoughts And Feelings – But – Also Because Of The – Corollary Effect – Of – Not – Exercising – And – Not – Playing And Learning – Outside
~ WABO-A-UAC-C-O-OAT-B-NEILTAOEWCW ~ We Are Being Offered – An – Unprecedented And Complex – Cocktail – Of – Opportunity And Threat – But – Not Everyone Is Likely To Agree On Exactly What Constitutes Which
~ A-CITM-OT-UG-A-MC-A-CISAAW ~ Any – Changes In The Mindset – Of The – Upcoming Generation – Are – Most Crucially – Anticipating – Changes In Society As A Whole
~ POTB~ Plasticity Of The Brain
~ P-COTDW-CBI-B-AOC-A-AAOTPL-A-T-U-OTAI ~ Perhaps – Criticism Of The Digital World – Could Be Interpreted – By – Aficionados Of Cyberspace – As – An Attack On Their Personal Lifestyle – And – Therefore – Ultimately – On Them As Individuals
~ P-ATBBA-LPC ~ Privacy – Appears To Be Becoming A – Less Prized Commodity
~ IIAITBA-IAP-RTA-W-MT-BD-PTRTVTMLRTIAT? ~ If Inputs Arrive In The Brain As – Images And Pictures – Rather Than As – Words – Might That – By Default – Predispose The Recipient To View Things More Literally Rather Than In Abstract Terms?
~ EM-IAP-T-THT-PTT-NJ-WWT-B-H ~ Ever More – Invasive And Pervasive – Technologies – That Have The – Power To Transform – Not Just – What We Think – But – How
~ ITFYOL-TBH-WOO-CB-T-EG-O-CBN-WAF-AP ~ In The First Years Of Life – The Brain Has – Windows Of Opportunity – Characterized By – The – Exuberant Growth – Of – Connections Between Neurons – Which Allows For – Astonishing Possibilities
~ TS-FBM-D-PDL-IT-IIB-AAPIS-DR-IT-DOD-B ~ The Same – Fundamental Brain Mechanisms – Driving – Plasticity During Learning – In The – Intact Immature Brain – Are Also Pressed Into Service – During Relearning – In The – Damaged Or Diseased – Brain
~ TB-RITL-IRT-OS-A-E ~ The Brain – Remakes Itself Throughout Life – In Response To – Outside Stimuli – And – Experience
~ A-EE-LTAWHO-PCITB-AOTFTG ~ An – Enriched Environment – Leads To A Whole Host Of – Physical Changes In The Brain – All Of Them For The Good
~ NA-L-SC-TOM-O-BC-WIS-A-DILTAS ~ Neuronal Assemblies – Large-Scale Coalitions – Tens Of Millions – Of – Brain Cells – Work In Synchrony – And – Disband In Less Than A Second
~ TSASN~ The Something About Social Networking
~ NS-S-H-SAA-WP-AAR-TWTAGO-T-DS-IMPSWT-ICI-I-MENTSE ~ Neuroimaging Studies – Show – Higher – Stimulation And Activity – When People – Anticipate A Reward – Than When They Actually Get One – The – Dopamine System – Is Most Powerfully Stimulated When The – Information Coming In – Is – Modest Enough Not To Satisfy Entirely
~ IOC ~ Illusion Of Cyberintimacy
~ A-DC-SD-S-TWIA-B-WTHNYBATA ~ A – Deliberately Constructed – Socially Desirable – Self – To Which Individuals Aspire – But – Which They Have Not Yet Been Able To Achieve
~ C/M/I-TA-OP-IACT-AY-UB-TCOR ~ Creating / Managing / Interacting – Through An – Online Profile – Is A Chance To – Advertise Yourself – Unchallenged By The Constraints Of Reality
~ OC-HB-HAB-V-S-C-A-PTB-BN-SN-PTOTIITB-U-A-ATC ~ Of Course – Human Beings – Have Always Been – Vain – Self-Centred – And – Prone To Bragging – But Now – Social Networking – Provides The Opportunity To Indulge In This Behavior – Unabated – And – Around The Clock
~ A-BS-DNTU-WA-AA-I-A-E/SE/C-O-TBBO ~ A – Brain Scan – Does Not Tell Us – Whether An – Activated Area – Is – An – Effect / SideEffect / Cause – Of – The Behavior Being Observed
~ SNS-PA-UP-F-SC-A-E ~ Social Networking Sites – Provide An – Unprecedented Platform – For – Social Comparison – And – Envy
~ ‘C’-HNBD-AANLR-I-SN-TC-A-TFT-IIMT-SN-TIDOHMAYA-AT-TACBR-I-UTBOTBIA ~ “Coolness” – Has Now Been Democratized – Achievements Are No Longer Required – It’s – Simple Networking – That Counts – And – The Fact That – Importance Is Measured Through – Social Networking – That It Depends On How Much Attention You Attract – And That – This Attention Can Be Rewarded – Is – Unlikely To Bring Out The Best In Anyone
~ TT-ADIE-A-AIIOLR-CBL-IEAFTEO-I-F-T-F-C-B-WAGAAWWR-T-TRI-F-T-F-C-WROATE ~ Two Trends – A Decrease In Empathy – And – An Increase In Online Relationships – Could Be Linked – If – Empathy Arises From The Experience Of – Interpersonal – Face-To-Face – Communication – But – We Are Good Only At What We Rehearse – Then – The Reduction In – Face-To-Face – Communication – Would Reduce Our Ability To Empathize
~ AB-TU-A-TLDO-A-ALEB-E-TV-W-A-A-IWHBSI-T-SW-OT-I-TOTHAIAW ~ Associations Between – Technology Use – And – The Later Development Of – Autism – A Link Emerged Between – Early – TV– Watching – And – Autism – It Would Hardly Be Surprising If – The – Screen World – Of The – Internet – Turned Out To Have An Impact As Well
~ S-IIW-TSOOR-R-TSORHI-TTPTMOODIWOIML ~ Surely – It Is When – Time Spent On Online Relationships – Replaces – Time Spent On Real Human Interaction – That The Potential To Miss Out On Deeper Intimacy With Others Is More Likely
~ TSUT-I-TSAF-T-RW-A-RP ~ Time Spent Using Technology – Is – Time Spent Away From – The – Real World – And – Real People
~ EHAT-TACAUW-TAE-‘D’-F-IA ~ Experts Have Argued That – The Internet Creates A Unique World – That Adds Extra – “Disengagement” – From – Immoral Actions
~ TSAVG ~ The Something About Video Games
~ MOR-PG ~ Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games
~ GA-U-G-IIAPSTD ~ Gaming Addiction – Unlike – Gambling – It Is A Phenomenon Specific To Digital
~ ITRW-F-E-PF-O-YA-I-ATHTCB ~ In The Real World – Feedback – Especially – Positive Feedback – On – Your Achievements – Is – All Too Hard To Come By
~ UP-CATA-V-V-DFT-HPCAJLT ~ Unhappy People – Create Avatars That Are – Very – Very – Different From Themselves – Happy People Create Avatars Just Like Themselves
~ A-SF-TWYADLARSOM ~ A – Sneaky Feeling – That What You Are Doing Lacks Any Real Significance Or Meaning
~ VG-A-A-PG-LSTAGRFDAP ~ Video Games – And – Attention – Playing Games – Linked Specifically To A Greater Risk For Developing Attentional Problems
~ B-A-E-AI-CD ~ Brain – And – Environment – Are In – Constant Dialogue
~ GMEDP ~ Gamers Make Excellent Drone Pilots
~ WUTTPWAWROBD-IS-V-CO-B/E-E ~ When Used To Treat Patients With A Wide Range Of Brain Disorders – It Seems – Videogames – Can Offer – Beneficial / Enjoyable – Experience
~ TIA-SA-B-TLO-ADHD-S-A-T-S-O-IA-I-C ~ There Is A – Significant Association – Between – The Level Of – ADHD – Symptoms – And – The – Severity – Of – Internet Addiction – In – Children
~IWBFTAT-THB-A-KTDB-FAR ~ It Would Be Foolhardy To Assume That – The Human Brain – Always – Knows The Difference Between – Fantasy And Reality
~TPTIEIOO-ACRB-VG-A-II-A-T/F/B-TINETVLDTC-LV-B-ALBOD-SIT-TDI-A-ADIEL ~ The Picture That Is Emerging Is One Of – A Clear Relationship Between – Violent Gaming – And – Increases In – Aggressive – Thoughts / Feelings / Behavior – There Is No Evidence That Videogames Lead Directly To Criminal-Level Violence – But – A Large Body Of Data – Strongly Indicates That – They Do Induce – An – Aggressive Disposition In Everyday Life
~ T-NS-WS-LIMOTB ~ This – New Strategy – Will Swiftly – Leave Its Mark On The Brain
~ WAAS-WATSWAT-A-WATSWTO-TCOCWNTCOS ~ We Are All Story – We Are The Stores We Are Told – And – We Are The Stories We Tell Ourselves – To Change Our Circumstances We Need To Change Our Story
~ TWIOBISBS-ETYTIFBS ~ The Wiring In Our Brains Is Shaped By Story – Every Thought You Think Is Framed By Story
~ SCHASCK ~ Stories Can Heal And Stories Can Kill
~ ASAI-ASHP ~ All Stories Are Important – All Stories Have Power
~ EIAPS-IPAOMT-IWDTOSILWTES-WANLT ~ Economics Is A Powerful Story – It Permeates All Of Modern Thought – If We Don’t Tell Our Story In Line With The Economics story – We Are Not Listened To
~ ARMNIAHB-O-TI-AAHBTCTH ~ A Robot May Not Injury A Human Being – Or – Through Inaction – Allow A Human Being To Come To Harm
~ ARMOTOGIBHB-EWSOWCWTFL ~ A Robot Must Obey The Orders Given It By Human Beings – Except Where Such Orders Would Conflict With The First Law
~ ARMPIOE-ASPDNCWTFOSL ~ A Robot Must Protect Its Own Existence– As Such Protection Does Not Conflict With The First Or Second Law
~ 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
~ 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
~ 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
~ 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
~ 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
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