Too Stupid for Words category archive
Our Own Tower of Babel 0
In a fascinating discussion, David interviews Jonathan Haidt about what led to our becoming a society of stupid (hint: “social” media isn’t).
Read Haidt’s article.
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Beach Blanket Dingo 0
The country used to slope to the southwest, but, apparently, it now slopes to the southeast, and everything loose now rolls to Florida.
Twits on Twitter 0
Someone should tell SFGate’s Eric Ting that it’s futile to try to to make sense out of stupid.
A TikTok Blockbuster 0
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
Facebook Frolics 0
We are a society of stupid.
We will believe stuff we read on a computer screen, but, if the same stuff came in the mail, we wouldn’t even open the envelope.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Conspiracy theories fly through the inner tubes about the current outbreak of avian flu in the Midwest.
The Marjorie Taylor Greene New Deal 0
Aside:
Farron missed the undercurrent. Let’s decode the code.
When right-wingers attack “welfare,” they are invoking the spirit and racist imagery of Ronald Reagan’s “welfare queen.” The word “welfare” has become yet another racist dog whistle.
The Nation of Me-Me-Me 0
In this age of influencers, an “influencer” shows us, once again, that “social” media isn’t.
Afterthought:
I fear that Look at meeeee! is not a sound cornerstone upon to rest a society.
But it seems to be the one we are choosing.
When Stirring the Pot Means Slipping the Mickey 0
I have been to Florida many times for both business and pleasure. True, it’s been a couple of decades since my last visit, but, I swear, it seemed to be, as my old doctor used to say, “within normal limits” back then.