one of donald brown’s human universals is “ overestimation of objective thought”…that stood out as i perused the list today relative to all the political contentiousness of late…doubtlessly we all think ourselves more detached and cooler observers ( no matter how much we may like and admire them ) than our neighbors…there is ample room for doubt in this…all the current argumentation is neither cool nor detached…it is first person and emotionally rooted...if there is one thing that renders humans completely subjective it is emotion…no one in an emotionally elevated state thinks much about consequences…they just act…then rationalize…with more emotion until anything that approaches ( i do not think humans can actually obtain it ) objectivity is utterly lost…a positive feedback loop of emotion-action-emotion that precludes any detached analysis…news sources seem embedded in this loop as they flog their news product to those faithful to their editorial line…rutger bregman, in his book “humankind”, counsels turning off the news…i have been advocating not media avoidance, they speak in parables and you need to know what they think you should think, but a healthy dose of media skepticism…they feed emotion to their fiscal benefit…politicians play the same game…selling fear as political truth…no wonder we find ourselves at odds with one another…branded and balkanized by what we drink…eat…drive…wear…vote…buckle up, this is a long way from over_________________________in my last post i suggested that the reaction from the newly elected to the trump adminstration would probably not be all sweetness and light...and some of the legislative proposals i have read will do little to ease current tensions...the plus side is they have a legislative proces to go though which may take some of the edge off, if not scrap, contentious legislation...in the meantime the true powers that be have spoken as google and apple flex their strength...net neutarlity is dead and you had better toe the google-line.
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