I loved reading this, and agree with your writing. Regarding societies collective consciousness, I believe there are two ways in which this concept will progress. One avenue will be an increased centralization of the collective consciousness, in which people will get all of their information from social media. The other, as you alluded too, will be the percentage of the population who choose to read longer articles, listen to longer podcasts regarding issues, and form more evaluated opinions. I worry that the people who would choose to read a piece like yours are fading away from the collective consciousness. Shorter attention spans are becoming a problem in the modern world, and the issue will only increase. I can't wait to share your work with my friends, I really enjoyed this piece.
You're so right about the issue of short attention span, it's going to take a great deal of effort to properly address it.
I understand your not being as optimistic as I am that we will reverse the trend. At times, it feels as if there's a lack of evidence that points to the problem easing up over time.
I very much appreciate you reading, and leaving us with your thoughts. It's always nice to hear how other people are thinking through the topics discussed in RRR đŸ™‚. I hope your friends enjoy it as well!
Cheers, and I hope you have a great weekend ahead đŸ¥‚.
"Yet, while we should be sad about the negative aspects of humanity that are present, we should allow optimism of the future to spur us along the path of societal transformation." is a fire bar.
My critique is climate change does not just pose the threat of extinction but erasing a lot of the progress you highlighted - it does and will continue to decrease food security, increase displacement, and other things that lead to societal unrest. We need to use optimism about what we have achieved to spur big transformational change to address climate change.
Thanks for reading, Tope. Yeah of course, climate change is one of the threats to human prosperity that we need to treat beyond seriously. We’re doing well by some measures (slowly entering an age of energy abundance which will reduce emissions), but that is obviously not sufficient to minimize the worst effects.
You can add nuclear war, resource scarcity, authoritarianism, etc. to your list of concerns which I totally share. I only think that given a long arc of time we have a fantastic chance of figuring a lot of this out through tech and science. I would hate to be wrong but it’s certainly possible!
I loved reading this, and agree with your writing. Regarding societies collective consciousness, I believe there are two ways in which this concept will progress. One avenue will be an increased centralization of the collective consciousness, in which people will get all of their information from social media. The other, as you alluded too, will be the percentage of the population who choose to read longer articles, listen to longer podcasts regarding issues, and form more evaluated opinions. I worry that the people who would choose to read a piece like yours are fading away from the collective consciousness. Shorter attention spans are becoming a problem in the modern world, and the issue will only increase. I can't wait to share your work with my friends, I really enjoyed this piece.
You're so right about the issue of short attention span, it's going to take a great deal of effort to properly address it.
I understand your not being as optimistic as I am that we will reverse the trend. At times, it feels as if there's a lack of evidence that points to the problem easing up over time.
I very much appreciate you reading, and leaving us with your thoughts. It's always nice to hear how other people are thinking through the topics discussed in RRR đŸ™‚. I hope your friends enjoy it as well!
Cheers, and I hope you have a great weekend ahead đŸ¥‚.
"Yet, while we should be sad about the negative aspects of humanity that are present, we should allow optimism of the future to spur us along the path of societal transformation." is a fire bar.
My critique is climate change does not just pose the threat of extinction but erasing a lot of the progress you highlighted - it does and will continue to decrease food security, increase displacement, and other things that lead to societal unrest. We need to use optimism about what we have achieved to spur big transformational change to address climate change.
Thanks for reading, Tope. Yeah of course, climate change is one of the threats to human prosperity that we need to treat beyond seriously. We’re doing well by some measures (slowly entering an age of energy abundance which will reduce emissions), but that is obviously not sufficient to minimize the worst effects.
You can add nuclear war, resource scarcity, authoritarianism, etc. to your list of concerns which I totally share. I only think that given a long arc of time we have a fantastic chance of figuring a lot of this out through tech and science. I would hate to be wrong but it’s certainly possible!