Lack of trust + insatiable need for speed = disaster

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

Of course, I do the same, but I have made sure I have taken part of that out of others hands by having my own personal pension. In terms of war etc, I live in hope, I can't let things I can't control consume me beyond that

Few of us can control our society we don't independently have enough money to buy influence.
I've not personally been involved in any of the issues I mentioned but feel i have no trust in those in control of monitoring them and great sympathy for those who are their victims.

 

[Rorschach]

IMO, the Silicon Valley oligarchs control way too much of our society already and their influence is still growing. For our tech overlords, their endgame is quite a bit different from ours. The continued existence of the nation-state is not part of their plans. Democracy is something to be culled. That they control SM, large swatches of legacy media, AI and all that 'good' stuff is beyond dangerous. We are just peons to them, and unless something happens to rein them in, you may end up just an adjunct of Weyland-Yutani, NationX or Meta Corp. Sounds barmy, but they don't hide their intention that corporate dictatorship is the plan. They spout this flimflam at their conference speeches all the time.

 

[LutonSpurs]

I think it's the disregard for experts who have given their lives to helping others. And trusting people who have given their lives taking from others who have no clue.

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

I think it's the disregard for experts who have given their lives to helping others. And trusting people who have given their lives taking from others who have no clue.

Yep absolutely this.

 

[Daisuk]

Another angle that needs to be mentioned here is we are automatically thinking we are talking about adults.

Many many people carry traits/ behavioural patterns from their childhood. If you do nothing about it via self work or therapists etc they will persist, probably forever. Repeating patterns, anyone?

Relatable to this thread...Trust issues is one, not being able to deal with authority is another. Unless you tried to work on this in adulthood, you're still emotionally a child in these areas. It's locked in.

SM comes along, and unknowingly to someone with these issues, it is the biggest negative that could happen. Conversely they subconsciously are feeling it's a positive. They can feed it, they find their tribe, their silo, their rabbit hole and they find people just like them, with the same issue. The behaviour then feels normal, even justified.....and biggest of all CONSTANT!.

Look around in your own group of family and friends as an exercise ....(you'd have to know someone pretty well) to see how the roots of their behaviours have migrated to modern times and media.

100%! You could work endlessly on these patterns as well, without not really getting very far (speaking from personal experience). We're all shaped by our genes, conditioned by whatever it is we've experienced in this life, however old we are, and acting it out accordingly (one of them by engaging with social media). Some are conditioned to become self-reflective about their issues and want to change, and some won't. Some will improve their issues, some won't. I find blaming people for things harder and harder - everyone is the way they are for all the reasons that exists for them. If I were Lily Phillips, I'd be having gang bangs with 1000 men as well. A lot of people are born neurotic, and grow up in environments that make them even more neurotic. It's no wonder the world look like a mess when these guys (myself included) gather to shout at clouds on the internet.

I absolutely agree, though! Outside my door, the world is always rather peaceful.