Re:Teenagers are better behaved and less hedonistic (2018)
by pier25 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @11:48AM
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> If I had to characterize my generation with a pathology, it would be exhibitionism.
I'm not sure it's about exhibitionism, or some ego-driven motivation, but rather a profound fear about being left out of the group.
We know humans have biological social behaviors like cooperation but until social media we didn't really have ways to measure how others reacted to us. Seeing a number of likes, shares, upvotes, etc, is the ultimate drug for the social animal.
I'm not sure it's about exhibitionism, or some ego-driven motivation, but rather a profound fear about being left out of the group.
We know humans have biological social behaviors like cooperation but until social media we didn't really have ways to measure how others reacted to us. Seeing a number of likes, shares, upvotes, etc, is the ultimate drug for the social animal.