humanity gone mental, influenced by influencers

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"Any understanding of social and cultural change is impossible without a knowledge of the way media work as environments." Marshall McLuhan

This particular media environment is mostly one person's attempt to organize fragmented concepts and presentation on the very complicated topic of how the Mass Mind / educated mind of individual people relates to society they live in at the time - and how they learn and acquire new information and experiences. Topics are also likely to focus on group behaviors, conformity influences, mob mentality, trending changes and information - how this all relates to personal self-awareness, education about the persona, and how much freedom there is to swim against the stream or river.

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Beehaw discussion, avoiding influences and managing new information consumption: "How did you find a healthy balance between staying informed and not despairing about the world?" (beehaw.org)

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There are many detailed replies in this Beehaw.org posting related to media environments.

/c/mental_influenced community: “Any understanding of social and cultural change is impossible without a knowledge of the way media work as environments.” - Marshall McLuhan

As a media environment, this Beehaw discussion is treating the entire world, the whole #PaleBlueDot as a media environment. How much of the world's news can you consume? Some of the replies talk about their spouse being a filter for even world news information.

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[–] Varyk 2 points 1 year ago

Acknowledge that I can't change everything for the better, change things for the better when I can.

The more I know, the more likely I'll be able to identify an opportunity in which I can effectively help.