mimetic existence

basically old-school NPC theory

... what I wouldn't give for a meme right about now

but yeah, there it is.

sad, right ?

we keep acting like there was a time in human history where most ppl where original

or deep thinkers

they weren't

only difference is that now, we live in an era of unprecedented democratization

which means that we get to truly see the banality of most ppl's existence

out in the open

same reason why our celebrities are shitheads and music is just ppl selling sex

extreme democritization

of taste

in the past, the nobles decided what was "tasteful"

memetic warfare has supplanted physical warfare here...

or maybe it's just been expanded into a battlefield all it's own

ppl always assumed that social media would be an unwarranted goldmine of sorts
back in the early days

it would just be of ppl sharing ideas and books and what not

now it's just people yelling at each other... well mostly.

the Rubin Report is definitely a font of such ideas and books

but Twitter is just angry people in a town square yelling at each other.

yeah, now we're back to different sections or factions

we screwed up somewhere.

you can stay on twitter, youtube and follow certain intellectual peeps

but the bigger issue is that we can fall farther still.

everything on the internet comes through filters moderated by corporations

I don't think its all that bad tho

this is just societal flux that happens right after a communication revolution

like, soon after the printing press and widespread availability of bibles

things actually became much worse

for a short period of time

ppl went around burning witches based on certain phrases, that which was previously ignored by priests

that's fair I guess.

similarly, we're in a constant weekly witchunt

constant cycle of offense followed by apologoy and firing

soon, ppl would get tired of it

justs like the witchhunts of the past

or not..

because tech seems to keep disrupting

thus my concern