Restraining the urge to pontificate

Social Media is a very strange place, but from a behavioral and economics point of view, it's relatively straightforward: it is a massive game to win hearts and minds, which are scarce.


My father calls FB and its variants, "evil." Why? It's driven mostly by primary processes, which are primal in nature: narcissistic glory (attention) and having a channel for expressing rage with little consequence (venting and attention seeking). 


I used to write high-minded moral rants but I have honestly grown tired of saying anything at all. I even used to weave in economics and tech, too, but that has grown tiresome, too. I suppose it's hard to stick out while the zeitgiest is obsessed with OpenAI and all its big tech competitors. 


As I find myself slowing down, I'm finding myself less and less interested in "sharing" content beyond my art. There's just too much noise and sometimes what I have to say should be obvious...


A few kind souls get it. As for everyone else, well, no magic wand for you. 99% of our problems are self-inflicted and there's plenty of evidence of that in social media.


I like to be social, I do. But it's getting more tiresome to do so, it just is. 

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