Oh no! Then we’ll have even more dreaded “echo-chambers.” I abandoned social media in 2017 and have primarily used YouTube, Substack, and indie books to radically self-curate the niche interests and values I have. Imagine that. Someone seeking external sources aligning with their core and true identity. Excellent post.
How do you see these “strong bonds of cultural trust and social credit” forming between these MVN’s in the broader Commonwealth of networks? As in, what is balancing these disparate interests?
There are 8 billion people in the world. Think how ludicrous it is to think we can watch an hour of news and know what’s happening in the world. I still have friends who do this and repeat the narrative as if they are “in the know.”
"With negligible power comes negligible responsibility."
Social media crystalized in a paradigm where 24 hour news services and nationalization of US politics taught people to "think globally, act locally." As such the bottom fell out of local activity. Now people are standing themselves up and relearning to think locally. Among that learning is learning to dismiss the forces beyond your agency.
Jury is not yet in on whether the next step is think locally, act locally, or think locally, act globally.
Oh no! Then we’ll have even more dreaded “echo-chambers.” I abandoned social media in 2017 and have primarily used YouTube, Substack, and indie books to radically self-curate the niche interests and values I have. Imagine that. Someone seeking external sources aligning with their core and true identity. Excellent post.
This is spot-on, thanks for putting it into words.
Great article Zach!
So yes, some of the big “social media” sites may be in their demise.
What do you think will be a force to stop another?
It seems in other countries (china, Russia) their single social media monopoly seems to be pretty strong
Great article Zach!
How do you see these “strong bonds of cultural trust and social credit” forming between these MVN’s in the broader Commonwealth of networks? As in, what is balancing these disparate interests?
There are 8 billion people in the world. Think how ludicrous it is to think we can watch an hour of news and know what’s happening in the world. I still have friends who do this and repeat the narrative as if they are “in the know.”
This is a hopeful essay Zack! I agree your suggestion is plausible as far as it regards the "public square", but think that the current generation who are being fed on screens from a young age will have a harder time if they are not apprenticed in real-life human relationships (see Machine Antidote 101: How to Apprentice a Human - https://schooloftheunconformed.substack.com/p/machine-antidote-101-how-to-apprentice?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2).
I think this is correct, and I hope it continues.
What an excellent read. I think you’re right, and I’m looking forward to it
Brilliantly articulated. Depth over breadth. Meaning over reach.
Combine this with Rao's "A Whole New Cope" lede:
https://open.substack.com/pub/ribbonfarmstudio/p/a-whole-new-cope
"With negligible power comes negligible responsibility."
Social media crystalized in a paradigm where 24 hour news services and nationalization of US politics taught people to "think globally, act locally." As such the bottom fell out of local activity. Now people are standing themselves up and relearning to think locally. Among that learning is learning to dismiss the forces beyond your agency.
Jury is not yet in on whether the next step is think locally, act locally, or think locally, act globally.