SOCIETY

JOYCE APPLEBY ~ THE RELENTLESS REVOLUTION ~ 2010

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~ OCCTBOTCS-W-TAOT-DA-A-HM-TT-W-GS-HMP-A-SAE ~ One Cannot Celebrate The Benefits Of The Capitalist System – Without – Taking Account Of The – Disastrous Adventures – And – Human Malevolence – That This – Wealth-Generating System – Has Made Possible – And – Sometimes Actually Encouraged

~ ‘CTGSTCS?’-HBAUQ ~ “Can The Globe Sustain These Capitalist Successes?” – Has Become An Urgent Question

~TA-‘F’-AI-‘FE’STIPO-MTCIC-PMBFTTAJON-B-TANFFTNTWALATWTE ~ The Adjective – “Free” – As In – “Free Enterprise” – Serves The Ideological Purpose Of – Masking The Coercion In Capitalism – People May Be Free To Take A Job Or Not– But – They Are Not Free From The Need To Work As Long As They Wish To Eat

~ C-IA-C-NA-N-S-LTW-NITMA-S-CS-AIAA ~ Capitalism – Is A – Cultural – Not A – Natural – System – Like The Weather – Nor Is The Market A – Self-Correcting System – As Its Apologist Argue

~ AACMITJOCTD-TIO-CI-A-SC-WDTACL-WNTDTBITL ~ At A Critical Moment In The Journey Of Capitalism To Dominance – The Importance Of – Cultural Influences – And– Social Considerations – Was Dispatched To A Conceptual Limbo – We Need To Drag Them Back Into The Light

SUSAN GREENFIELD ~ THE SCREEN IS THE MESSAGE ~ MIND CHANGE ~ 2015

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~ 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

SUSAN GREENFIELD ~ GAMING ADDICTION HALLMARKS ~ MIND CHANGE ~ 2015

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~ 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

SUSAN GREENFIELD ~ MIND CHANGE ~ 2015

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~ 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

FRANCIS WHEEN ~ IDIOT PROOF ~ 2004

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~ TCFTR-WCT-T-S-S-S ~ Tax Cuts For The Rich – Were Central To – The – Supply-Side-Superstition

~C-H-TSQWTLTGCUAEM ~ Curiously – However – They Seemed Quite Willing To Let The Government Clear Up Any Ensuing Mess

~ TC-PE-W-RF-C-AB-TBMB-TT ~ The Consequences – Predictably Enough – Were – Rampant Fraud – Collapse – A Bill – To Be Met By – The Taxpayer

~ AW-JB-AAT-MFN-O-T-1980-A-EFD-IOFOA ~ As With – Junk Bonds – Almost All The – Macho Financial Neologisms – Of – The 1980s – Are – Euphemisms For Debt – In One Form Or Another

~ OSO-NB ~ Old Snake Oil – New Bottles

~ T-MA-O-N-B-P ~ The – Magic Allure – Of – Numbered-Bullet-Points

~ G-A-SE-WP-AC-D-A-RNS ~ Gurus – Are – Safe Enough – While Peddling – Ancient Cliches – Disguised – As – Revolutionary New Strategies

~ ITEOTWAWKI ~ It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

~ T-NO-HL-FTMTA-O-I-MDP-A-FAI-AEL-HPTBA-FIS ~ The – New Orthodoxy – Has Lamentably – Failed To Match The Achievements – Of – Its – Much Despised Predecessor – And – For All Its – Apparently Elegant Logic – Has Proved To Be A – Fundamentally Irrational System

HAROLD JOHNS ~ THE POWER OF STORY ~ 2022

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~ 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

ISAAC ASIMOV ~ THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS ~ I, ROBOT ~ 1950

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~ 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

ROY BAUMEISTER ~ SEVEN MYTHS ABOUT EVIL ~ EVIL ~ 1997

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~ EIA(FTVP;PAHAJ) ~ Evil Is Always Intentional (From The Victim’s Perspective; Perpetrators Always Have A Justification)

~ EIMBP ~ Evil Is Motivated By Pleasure

~ TVOEIIAG ~ The Victim Of Evil Is Innocent And Good

~ EICBPCDFU-WO ~ Evil Is Conducted By People Completely Different From Us – Wholly Other

~ EITOS-BION ~ Evil Is The Original Sin – Built Into Our Natures

~ EITO-NOOG-B-O-O/P/S ~ Evil Is The Opposite – Not Only Of Good – But – Of – Order / Peace / Stability

~ EPASEDTITSEBEA ~ Evil People Are Selfish Egotists Driven To Improve Their Self-Esteem By Evil Acts

JEREMY BENTHAM ~ THE GREATEST HAPPINESS – FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER ~ SEVEN CIRCUMSTANCES – THE – VALUE OF A PLEASURE OR A PAIN IS – CONSIDERED ~ THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS AND LEGISLATION ~ 1789

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~ P:TCIHONBFBSOTOK ~ PURITY: The Chance It Has Of Not Being Followed By Sensations Of The Opposite Kind

~ I:T-S/F/P-OTP ~ INTENSITY: The – Strength / Force / Power – Of The Pleasure

~ P:T-PITOP-OTP ~ PROPINQUITY: The – Proximity In Time Or Place – Of The Pleasure

~ C:T-S-OTP ~ CERTAINTY: The – Sureness – Of The Pleasure

~ F:TCIHOBFBSOTSK ~ FECUNDITY: The Chance It Has Of Being Followed By Sensations Of The Same Kind

~ E:TNOPTWIE-O-WAABI ~ EXTENT: The Number Of Person To Whom It Extends – Or – Who Are Affected By It

~ D:TLOTTPWL ~ DURATION: The Length Of Time The Pleasure Will Last

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