“Congrats fool, you played yourself.” Words I say to myself frequently, as I fall into the numerous traps of my own biases. Be it confirmation bias, coverage bias, groupthink, Dunning-Kruger, or even declinism. Being immune to manipulation is almost impossible in today’s modern media saturated era. Numbers vary between studies, […]
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Chpt 25: Very Little Gravitas Indeed
Performative activism, moral grandstanding, social pressure, peer group conformity, slogan chanting and virtue signaling. Is it a net negative or positive for a movement? Is it a net negative at a personal level? Some view it as a genuine expression of moral values, while others see it as a self-serving […]