Trump ally shot in Utah a few minutes ago

[Brian]

Q: (posed to social media senior executives) Do your children have social media accounts?
A: No

I keep joking with my wife that the internet generally (and social media in particular) ought to have a warning label sorta like found on a pack of cigarettes!

[Jeff]

Social Network (?) Was another good one.

I refuse to watch that movie, I can't stand that actor lol.
I have no clue how he still gets movie roles.

[jstell]

Idiocracy is probably the more appropriate movie comparison.  Unfortunately it was meant as a satirical warning, not a prophetic playbook.

[jstell]

That bubble that you live in doesn't show you the truth. It only shows you what you want it to show you.

You're funny.  Get a mirror.

[Jeff]

You're funny.  Get a mirror.

Awww, another dumbsmit got their feelings hurt because someone has different opinions?

[jstell]

No hurt feelings, just embarrassed for you.

[ghuns]

Kash Patel is really makin friends today in the Senate.

[CNCAppsJames]

I keep joking with my wife that the internet generally (and social media in particular) ought to have a warning label sorta like found on a pack of cigarettes!

As a species we are going through the same growing pains psychologically.... maybe.... I'm not positive that's the word I'm looking for... anyway.... we went through it when the printed media became what it was, then when the radio became what it was, and when the television became what it was. It took a few generations for our minds and how they work to catch up with how that works.

Technology is evolving at such a rapid pace... back to one of my favorite things to say; we spend so much time on "can we" and far too little time on "should we".

Look at us as a species... we're at each other's throats online.

I know, I know, I know... Mr. PsyOp has entered the chat.

Ultimately we have the final say in if we participate or not. We ARE choosing to participate. We could give Mr. PsyOp the bird and tell him to go eat a bag of dicks, but we won't. We'll continue to do to each other what we've been doing to each other since the dawn of time. It's visceral. We can't help ourselves.

[CNCAppsJames]

Idiocracy is probably the more appropriate movie comparison.  Unfortunately it was meant as a satirical warning, not a prophetic playbook.

I mean if you're going to go there why you stopping there?

:cough: Fahrenheit 451 :cough: 

:cough: Atlas Shrugged :cough:

:cough: 1984 :cough: 

 

[SuperHoneyBadger]

We'll continue to do to each other what we've been doing to each other since the dawn of time. It's visceral. We can't help ourselves.

Just listened this morning, and his point echos yours. We have to confront 'the beast' inside humanity, to understand what the cycle has always been. Great discussion about good/evil in hindsight and what history is for. Very good conversation, I have never heard of this podcast before, but I enjoyed the episode.

[Del.]

Kash Patel is really makin friends today in the Senate.

Let me guess. The Dems hate him.

[CNCAppsJames]

Each and every one of us has all the makings of being (pick the most evil person imaginable).

Not a one of us is exempt.

No. Not. One.

Every single psychological study they have done on human nature... even the unethical ones they did in the 60's and 70's.. all came to the same conclusion; we're all capable of truly evil behavior.

[CNCAppsJames]

Let me guess. The Dems hate him.

Naw man... they are ready to have parades.



 

[ghuns]

...:cough: 1984 :cough:

If you don't hear Orwell's 'Newspeak' when the pronoun people demand we use terms like, birthing person, chestfeeding, or people who menstruate, then IDK what to tell ya.

[jstell]

I mean if you're going to go there why you stopping there?

:cough: Fahrenheit 451 :cough:

:cough: Atlas Shrugged :cough:

:cough: 1984 :cough:

Interesting selection.

1984: satirical warning

Fahrenheit 451: satirical warning (or review of Nazi Germany - recommend reading The Book Thief), kinda echoes all the anti-education rhetoric, but hey, the elephants gotta keep people dumb enough to vote for 'em!

Atlas Shrugged is a manifesto of hubris, and maybe guides the thinking of much of the tech bro oligarchy kissing the orange guy's ring.