Josh
@jpw
Josh
No secret societies
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
People think conspiracy theory is a way of thinking, but it's really an argumentation defect where people get greedy with evidence, having to find a route, however ridiculous, from any new phenomenon to a core belief they are invested in defending.
Bluesky
I think there are legitimate use cases for these tools (think automation) but the one thing they cannot and will never be able to do is replace what happens in a human brain in that moment of crisis. truly insane that we're pushing an entire generation to forget how to think
ceej (@ceej.online)
Even if you work inside the system, you don’t need to let the system work inside of you. And if you summon up the boldness to go in a different direction, others might even surprise you by following along.
"Multitasking Isn't Progress—It's What Wild Animals Do for Survival"
This is a crucial point: conspiracy culture does not challenge the hyper-individualism that is at the heart of so many crises reaching their breaking points. Instead, it mirrors it, putting all the blame for society’s ills on singularly powerful individuals: Fauci. Gates. Schwab. Soros.
Naomi Klein • Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
