One thing social media has done, X and Facebook especially but also the Comments sections of various news publications, and the nightly news, is expose how vicious, thoughtless, selfish, opinionated, foul-mouthed and negative our fellowmen are! And how much money there is to be made by sharing videos that keep the worst of human nature parading before our eyes. People seem addicted to this click-bait, and I fear it is having a very negative effect upon the human psyche.
Has human nature always been this mean and spiteful, just that we could not see it?
The interesting thing is how different comments sections / twitter etc are from real life interactions, which are so rarely negative. This is one main reason why I am off all social, it skews our views of humanity in such a negative way.
I like the way your comments section operates, whereby the email notification link takes me back to my comment, then yours, rather than to the top of the article. When there are hundreds of comments to scroll through to find mine, I rarely bother so I can't read what any replies are -- so no conversation can be had. Looks like Substack has it right!
Another great modern reader of books to look to: Ryan Holiday.
One thing social media has done, X and Facebook especially but also the Comments sections of various news publications, and the nightly news, is expose how vicious, thoughtless, selfish, opinionated, foul-mouthed and negative our fellowmen are! And how much money there is to be made by sharing videos that keep the worst of human nature parading before our eyes. People seem addicted to this click-bait, and I fear it is having a very negative effect upon the human psyche.
Has human nature always been this mean and spiteful, just that we could not see it?
The interesting thing is how different comments sections / twitter etc are from real life interactions, which are so rarely negative. This is one main reason why I am off all social, it skews our views of humanity in such a negative way.
I like the way your comments section operates, whereby the email notification link takes me back to my comment, then yours, rather than to the top of the article. When there are hundreds of comments to scroll through to find mine, I rarely bother so I can't read what any replies are -- so no conversation can be had. Looks like Substack has it right!
How about some podcast recommendations, always looking for something new
sure, here are a few:
- history of rock music in 500 songs
- the blindboy podcast
- chinapower
- conversations with tyler
- econtalk
- the good fight
- hidden forces
- in moscow's shadows
- mike birbiglia's working it out
- net assessment podcast
- scriptnotes podcast
- sean carroll's mindscape