Politics is entertainment. War is entertainment. Terrorism is entertainment. Increasingly, ethnic cleansing and genocide is entertainment.
The sooner you accept this the easier it will be to take effective action.
The sooner you accept this the easier it will be to take effective action.
https://twitter.com/RealDanHo/status/1413329924685848583
During Cracked's heyday @JohnDiesattheEn explained our appeal by noting that learning new information provides your brain with a little dopamine hit.
It's a hold-over from our days as hunter-gatherers, foraging for food and tracking prey. Cracked made a lot of money this way.
It's a hold-over from our days as hunter-gatherers, foraging for food and tracking prey. Cracked made a lot of money this way.
But information doesn't have to be true to provide that dopamine hit. If you feel like you're learning something new, unraveling the secret truth behind society, your brain will reward you. Unreality is addictive.
The most dangerous people in the world realized that a while back
The most dangerous people in the world realized that a while back
I always sigh when I see folks on here suggesting dense works of political theory to combat weaponized unreality. It's just as foolish as liberals thinking "facts" and "science" mattered in the debates over climate change and covid.
At the end of the day if you want to influence people, you have to either tweak their amygdala (make them frightened) or give them something that presses their brain's reward button.
Everyone is chasing a high. If you want facts to matter, make them addictive.
Everyone is chasing a high. If you want facts to matter, make them addictive.
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