A few months ago, I wrote about what we get wrong about online toxicity. The hostile and misleading content we see on social media comes from a much smaller group of people than we assume, and this misperception makes us more cynical about people in general. Unfortunately, this cynicism is not confined to the digital world.
I wonder how much of this distrust is evolutionary in-tribe/out-tribe stuff? One of those many inherited traits that no longer serves us in modern society?
Absolutely is. Now, to what extent we can throttle and control it is an entirely different and more complex problem. Our postmodern society is reeling from the transition of us finally having met the basic needs of survival. By and large, the modern industrial state reassures us that Maslow's basic needs will be met. Man doesn't seem to know well what to do after this.
I wonder how much of this distrust is evolutionary in-tribe/out-tribe stuff? One of those many inherited traits that no longer serves us in modern society?
Absolutely is. Now, to what extent we can throttle and control it is an entirely different and more complex problem. Our postmodern society is reeling from the transition of us finally having met the basic needs of survival. By and large, the modern industrial state reassures us that Maslow's basic needs will be met. Man doesn't seem to know well what to do after this.
You'd appreciate this, Joe: https://thomasobrien.substack.com/p/the-paradox-of-prosperity-how-postmodernism?r=1wocq8&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web