Thank you for sharing, Gregg.
More often at social gatherings I say, "I have little idea what is going on
with ____ issue," whereas before I would cobble together an opinion with
emotional reactions and limited third-person information I had regarding
the topic. I still think Top-Down level politics are imposingly impacting,
I just feel like I don't know enough to have an *informed* opinion.
A Unified Theory lens view of the information age we exist in seems to
imply the provisional and relative nature of Justification system content.
If behavioral investment theory holds, then we will continue to see macro
resource investments siphoned away from Justification systems (cultures)
that do not have utility in a meta-modern arena. I think this reconfiguring
will be experienced as weird and brutal to many due to the perpetual
destabilization. The average human ego should be shattering and
re-shattering at an accelerating rate, buffered only by ignorance or
misinformation.
Maybe one of two things happens in this situation. *The first* is that
there is increased awareness of this siphoning effect and "we" lean into it
by encouraging meta-cultural human flourishing. For example, culture
becomes recognized as one's personal decor or historical baggage, which is
respected as long as one resists the indulgence of assuming that this
cultural frame is "the one" that standardizes or dominates the others. *The
second *is that fanatics continue to compete for cultural supremacy by
harnessing social and technological advancements. If the latter is what
continues to happen, "we" will probably feel heavy inertia towards a
private digital balkanization until we get swept by a prevailing cultural
power that lands on the formula for dominance.
In summary, I would like to continue to believe that ignoring policy and
focusing on meta-modern theory is the best expenditure of time. :-)
-Chance
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> Hi TOK List,
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> Although I have cut back significantly, I still spend more time on
> reading Op Ed pieces and tracking national politics than would be wise.
> This article (found while I was surfing for articles in my “real clear
> politics feed” J) made me want to cut back even further.
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> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.theatlantic.com_ideas_archive_2020_01_political-2Dhobbyists-2Dare-2Druining-2Dpolitics_605212_&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=PmtdHfqDV2G2EAT_aFd7HZP4nNnHMHlxRNI6FvjH6XA&s=kOs2KE9HsDmvdR_XmEjWxnApXB_fQd_GZTzEzI33dpU&e=
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