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The Me Veneration on the Disinformation Superhighway 0

At the Psychology Today website, Steven Stosny explores how the Disinformation Superhighway and particularly “social” media feed the me veneration. In this age when persons think that posts by randos on “social” media are somehow legitimate news reportage, methinks his piece a worthwhile read.

Here’s a tiny bit:

The self-obsession of toddlers, whose favorite words are Mine and No, is adorable. Not so cute are adults who think like toddlers, preoccupied with splitting and all-or-nothing judgments. Although it can seem like narcissism, the selfie-culture we live in is more a product of immature thinking, of wanting attention by seeming to be smart, morally attractive, or interesting.

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