RE: The Web
January 7, 2024 at 3:52 pm
(This post was last modified: January 7, 2024 at 5:02 pm by SimpleCaveman.)
Hi brewer,
But you bring up another problem with the internet that can only be overcome by moderation and self-discipline. We base our judgment on snippets, headlines, reels, and such. There is a lack of depth in our understanding of situations and events. When we’re talking about real problems – such as war, politics, immigration, poverty – that ignorance only makes it worse. It makes us worse. It increases the meanness, hate, stupidity. Yes, that too has been going on for thousands of years, but, too, the internet has made that easier and harder to overcome.
Frankly, many people don’t want to understand better, especially if it goes against the reality they’ve contrived. And we’re back to the original quote. This is possible because on the web “there is no givenness to reality, there is simply individual will.”
What do others think?
(January 7, 2024 at 3:07 pm)brewer Wrote:Not sure what you’re saying. Yes, he is making a judgment, still not dictating. I’m not going down that road in the discussion, though. Didn’t want to in the beginning.(January 6, 2024 at 4:07 pm)SimpleCaveman Wrote: Hmm, you didn’t read the article, did you? The author isn’t dictating what people do but trying to describe the reality.Based on the snippet supplied by Bel, his description appears to include a fair bit of judgement.
But you bring up another problem with the internet that can only be overcome by moderation and self-discipline. We base our judgment on snippets, headlines, reels, and such. There is a lack of depth in our understanding of situations and events. When we’re talking about real problems – such as war, politics, immigration, poverty – that ignorance only makes it worse. It makes us worse. It increases the meanness, hate, stupidity. Yes, that too has been going on for thousands of years, but, too, the internet has made that easier and harder to overcome.
Frankly, many people don’t want to understand better, especially if it goes against the reality they’ve contrived. And we’re back to the original quote. This is possible because on the web “there is no givenness to reality, there is simply individual will.”
What do others think?
