This week’s #WeirdandGud is a warning label for those who flippantly wield an ancient weapon — ostracism.
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No surprise here: humans have been canceling each other for eternity. We have built-in cancellation threat receptors.
Social rejection meant death for most of history, so your brain still treats it as such.
Social rejection meant death for most of history, so your brain still treats it as such.
Ostracizing truly dangerous people from a community is a means of survival.
Ostracizing people who’s differences we simply perceive as a threat is veiled conformity.
Ostracizing people who’s differences we simply perceive as a threat is veiled conformity.
While acquiescing to our tribe of 50 people to avoid rejection was reasonable, pleasing the billions we’re connected to online is a suicide mission.
We still relish in using our ancient weapon of ostracism, but in a tribe of billions, there’s always someone to punish.
Outdated tools are too blunt for careless use in a modern world.
Outdated tools are too blunt for careless use in a modern world.
Knowing ostracism has been used since the dawn of humans and stirs a primal dread in us even today,
threatening every offense with a social death sentence might make you the real threat.
threatening every offense with a social death sentence might make you the real threat.
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