A Gas-Lit World

Posted by allthebest on Monday July 08, 2019 @03:01PM
from the spectator.us dept.

https://spectator.us/gas-lit-period-piece-slightly-foxed/

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Re:A Gas-Lit World by Tomminn on Monday July 08, 2019 @09:16PM (#20388205)

On a homonymous note, viewing society as a (psychologically) gaslit world can be a really useful lens for having new ideas, and for freeing yourself from some of its ruts.

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Re:A Gas-Lit World by defterGoose on Monday July 08, 2019 @09:34PM (#20388285)

Counterpoint: considering everyone to be stupid/uninformed is often an equally perilous pitfall, despite how tempting it seems.

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Re:A Gas-Lit World by tzakrajs on Monday July 08, 2019 @09:26PM (#20388246)

Reminds me of Jreg's recent video "Post-Truth" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3irKjpQruI

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Re:A Gas-Lit World by kochikame on Monday July 08, 2019 @08:23PM (#20387963)

Was expecting this to be about gaslighting

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Re:A Gas-Lit World by mirimir on Monday July 08, 2019 @09:43PM (#20388326)

I was expecting it to be about biogas lighting: https://permies.com/t/3314/biogas-light-heat

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Re:A Gas-Lit World by kaycebasques on Monday July 08, 2019 @10:01PM (#20388406)

Ditto. Was expecting something along the lines of HyperNormalisation [1] by Adam Curtis.

[1] https://youtu.be/fh2cDKyFdyU

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Re:A Gas-Lit World by rorykoehler on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @12:09AM (#20388956)

Same. We definitely live in a gaslit world in that regard. Maybe an article worth writing.

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Re:A Gas-Lit World by aaronmgdr on Monday July 08, 2019 @08:47PM (#20388069)

me too

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Re:A Gas-Lit World by unethical_ban on Monday July 08, 2019 @10:58PM (#20388660)

That website wants me to sign up in order to view its "About" page.

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