Group effort to study the mathematical sciences for “saving the planet.”

Re:Group effort to study the mathematical sciences for “savi... by psiconaut on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @05:15PM (#28845178)

Sounds good. Sadly, there's this thing called "hyper-stimulus" - someone mentioned recently "Infinite Jest" and the desire to watch a particular video over and over again. I do think the fear of this thought played a deep role in DFW's desperation.

All this to say: some social attractors are way more attractive than others (that's why they are "dark" patterns). Only physical constrains will do the trick, I'm afraid.

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Re:Group effort to study the mathematical sciences for “savi... by agumonkey on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @05:25PM (#28845267)

The idea is that society is most assured to go into a wall, so constraints are about to pop up more and more, so starting to place items / buffers here and there, ready to receive newly "convinced" people could prove beneficial.

People are followers, I firmly believe that the minute another model of society pops up, population will flip "overnight".

Also about your stimulus issue.. I also firmly believe that non modern life creates a stronger deeper and stabler set of stimuli. We just forgot.

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