▲ 160 ▼ On social media we have these huge conversations where nobody involved has any actual experience. They're just repeating what other people said. Isn't that literally insane? (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago* by Dr_Satan@lemm.ee to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 42 comments fedilink hide all child comments And when you have a billion people doing this, that's a lot of insanity. Like, world-spanning plague-level insanity.
[–] Dr_Satan@lemm.ee [S] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Here's a couple of differences Millions of us communicate our ideas to millions every minute. (Think of that. 10E6^minute. Such a churn.) An idea can go anywhere in the world instantly. So there's that vast amplification. A cannon vs a pistol. permalink fedilink source parent