These are just my random and immediate thoughts sparked by reading this article, so don't read too much into them.
For better or worse, the internet has become the preferred means of mass communication between individuals, which lacks the quality of in situ, 'real' communication and full spectrum human interaction. But there's one commonality. In real life, we often fracture into tribes, village mentalities, social cliques, preferred 'dinner party' groupings. Online, these tribes manifest as echo chambers, amplified and intensified by the ongoing culture wars.
How do we reconcile our differences between tribes? Are they reconcilable? Are facts, logic and rationality of much use anymore in the cultivation of a more unified perspective? Maybe not, maybe so, but we would be ill advised to write them off at this stage.
In searching for a common enemy which we can all agree that we should prioritise opposing over bickering about our relatively minor differences, we need look no further than that traditional behemoth of one-way mass communication, the mainstream media, which is now clearly identifiable as the enemy of the people; in fact it bears all the hallmarks of being functionally evil (evidence the recent pushback against The Sound of Freedom, exposing organised child trafficking plus undeniable complicity with ongoing extremely destructive and harmful psyop government campaigns). Social media and independent blogging sites have become the nexus of two-way mass communication, which is anathema to the traditional MSM, because it allows for 'unacceptable' alternative opinions to be aired and possibly become dominant.
I also think there is a hidden human dimension to mass communication via the internet, which may go some way to compensating for the lack of in situ human interaction which is biologically necessary if we are to remain healthy, fully functioning human beings. That hidden human dimension is the connection of minds across all humanity mediated via what Jung called the Collective Unconscious. It is biological, it is ecological, it is evolutionary, it is an essential part of our humanity which, until recently, was entirely independent of technology. But now technology has reached the stage where it can possibly interact with and augment this hidden layer of interconnectedness between human beings. Personally, I think this is what really scares our opponents; not so much that conscious ideas and information can be spread across the internet which oppose their desired control narratives, but that humanity's collective unconscious might be stirred into new and unexpected activity by this relatively novel mode of mass communication.
I am glad you zeroed in on the mainstream media. That’s the ignition source for every fear based narrative since I can remember. Even as a child the news said red food dye caused cancer and I wouldn’t eat red candy or cake or anything that was artificially red.
The media launched the global warming and the pandemic narratives. And adults acted like I did when I was a child faced with red food coloring. The gut reaction is that whatever it is will kill us because the “media” wouldn’t waste their time broadcasting something if it wasn’t true and deadly serious.
👏👏👏📌 Gabrielle is awesome and im glad you've drawn attention to Libre Network Solutions. It's taken far longer than I expected for people to get wiser about their tech. Libre is going to be one way for those who choose to remain outside the system, can communicate with those inside or with eachother. It needs to be supported a and shared.
The internet that 95% of the global population use, is actually only about 3-10% of the actual web.😉
The coming decade, needs lowfi tech solutions to keep connected without endangering the user and maintaining their autonomy. #librenetworksolutionsrocks
I think we've all gone through the stages of something or other! I'm getting comfortable with "acceptance" now, but I'm not quite sure what it is I'm accepting yet...
'accepting' also has to do with harmony and finding a balance. discernment might come later. we need balance to be able to withstand adversity and diappointment (just my 2cents).
These are just my random and immediate thoughts sparked by reading this article, so don't read too much into them.
For better or worse, the internet has become the preferred means of mass communication between individuals, which lacks the quality of in situ, 'real' communication and full spectrum human interaction. But there's one commonality. In real life, we often fracture into tribes, village mentalities, social cliques, preferred 'dinner party' groupings. Online, these tribes manifest as echo chambers, amplified and intensified by the ongoing culture wars.
How do we reconcile our differences between tribes? Are they reconcilable? Are facts, logic and rationality of much use anymore in the cultivation of a more unified perspective? Maybe not, maybe so, but we would be ill advised to write them off at this stage.
In searching for a common enemy which we can all agree that we should prioritise opposing over bickering about our relatively minor differences, we need look no further than that traditional behemoth of one-way mass communication, the mainstream media, which is now clearly identifiable as the enemy of the people; in fact it bears all the hallmarks of being functionally evil (evidence the recent pushback against The Sound of Freedom, exposing organised child trafficking plus undeniable complicity with ongoing extremely destructive and harmful psyop government campaigns). Social media and independent blogging sites have become the nexus of two-way mass communication, which is anathema to the traditional MSM, because it allows for 'unacceptable' alternative opinions to be aired and possibly become dominant.
I also think there is a hidden human dimension to mass communication via the internet, which may go some way to compensating for the lack of in situ human interaction which is biologically necessary if we are to remain healthy, fully functioning human beings. That hidden human dimension is the connection of minds across all humanity mediated via what Jung called the Collective Unconscious. It is biological, it is ecological, it is evolutionary, it is an essential part of our humanity which, until recently, was entirely independent of technology. But now technology has reached the stage where it can possibly interact with and augment this hidden layer of interconnectedness between human beings. Personally, I think this is what really scares our opponents; not so much that conscious ideas and information can be spread across the internet which oppose their desired control narratives, but that humanity's collective unconscious might be stirred into new and unexpected activity by this relatively novel mode of mass communication.
Excellent! Yes, I think you are onto something important here.
I am glad you zeroed in on the mainstream media. That’s the ignition source for every fear based narrative since I can remember. Even as a child the news said red food dye caused cancer and I wouldn’t eat red candy or cake or anything that was artificially red.
The media launched the global warming and the pandemic narratives. And adults acted like I did when I was a child faced with red food coloring. The gut reaction is that whatever it is will kill us because the “media” wouldn’t waste their time broadcasting something if it wasn’t true and deadly serious.
A thought provoking and instructive read. Thanks.
👏👏👏📌 Gabrielle is awesome and im glad you've drawn attention to Libre Network Solutions. It's taken far longer than I expected for people to get wiser about their tech. Libre is going to be one way for those who choose to remain outside the system, can communicate with those inside or with eachother. It needs to be supported a and shared.
The internet that 95% of the global population use, is actually only about 3-10% of the actual web.😉
The coming decade, needs lowfi tech solutions to keep connected without endangering the user and maintaining their autonomy. #librenetworksolutionsrocks
You're too kind!
I think we've all gone through the stages of something or other! I'm getting comfortable with "acceptance" now, but I'm not quite sure what it is I'm accepting yet...
'accepting' also has to do with harmony and finding a balance. discernment might come later. we need balance to be able to withstand adversity and diappointment (just my 2cents).
Thank you, I enjoyed that insightful discussion.
Love this! Thank you for sharing!