One of the core needs of humans is a sense of belonging. For centuries, religion, our tribes, our communities, our families have given us that sense, but modern culture, catalyzed by the internet, has broken down a lot of these connective tissues. And so we look desperately for other places for belonging, places where we can participate in some... See more

Traditional sources of morality are being replaced by networks that determine morality based on open source consensus. Commenting on: “the share of people who describe themselves as “not religious” increased rapidly since 2012-14.”

@johnrobb Oct 20, 2019

the way that our world – digitally mediated, utterly consumed by capitalism – makes communication about morality very easy but makes actual moral living very hard.