Re:Are we losing our ability to remember?
by Swizec on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @10:02AM
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Greek oration was all about weaponized attention grabbing and getting people to join your school not those other terrible terrible oh so bad schools.
We’ve had weaponized attention grabbing as long as wemve had humans I bet.
Re:Are we losing our ability to remember?
by me_me_me on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @10:21AM
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It was an art of oration.
Not a science driven exploitation of basic human instincts.
They didn't have a focus groups A-B testing and neurological studies back then.
That's a bit like saying that the impact on climate change back 1000 years ago and now is the same, as in both cases we are releasing carbon into atmosphere.
Re:Are we losing our ability to remember?
by marcosdumay on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @11:09AM
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It was the closest they had to a science, and it was aimed at manipulating the listener in a predetermined way.
The fact that it was mostly applied at civil politics tells more about their society than about the tool...
Re:Are we losing our ability to remember?
by rhn_mk1 on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @12:22PM
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Writing is a technology. It's disputable if any technology is inherently neutral or not:
“One of the most dangerous things you can believe in this world is that technology is neutral.”
from https://thecompassmagazine.com/blog/is-technology-morally-ne...
People are being paid millions to figure out how to hijack your attention, how to use yourself (body, mind functions) against you.
Writing is a tool, it doesn't try to work against you, or have an agenda that might not be aligned with yours.