I have read your post thoroughly, twice, and I am very much on your page - thank you for the time and effort - it is worth it. In me, however, you are preaching to the converted!
My angst centres around the pollination of such approaches to individual and collective responsibility.
Education encourages conformity of thought. A degree used to demand originality of thought; that is now the domain of the PhD. An MBA is a prime example of conformity. Very few holders are worth their own valuation.
To me, the secret lies in the embracing of 'unlearning', the capacity to cast off social and academic constructs before attempting to move forwards. A tainted canvas can never result in a thing of beauty!
Whilst I empathise with the ethos of Nassim Taleb, it is, in the main, a collection of 'don'ts' - these and the visions of Anarchism (which I believe is massively misunderstood and misrepresented) and their like need to develop a picture of how peoples can function in their Social Blueprint - such Blueprints are as rare as rocking-horse shit!
As long as people, including steemians, continue to prefer conspiracy theories (Insitutionalised gossip) and fake news over Truth, we will remain in denial and hence subjugated by the power elites (including on steemit).
The power elite of steemit are all too vilifying of the Washingtons of this world, yet they perpetrate and heighten the effects of a far more toxic mechanism. Where in the world is it accepted that one person is valued at several thousand times more than another when performance is a non-factor?
Namaste!
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Good to see another steemian that is on the same wavelength as myself.
Universities have become a center for groupthink. Where before students could debate each side of the issue with respect for each other, in many universities of today any thought outside the the main group is shut down. This leads to students only hearing one version of the world. There are points to be made on all sides of any issue, and by silencing one side out of any discussion it only leads on a path to intolerance and dictatorship.
We are most certainly on the same page! What joy!
I am not sure where anyone is at in steemit - despite the impersonality I try to make it personal - this is after all, social media (may be a misnomer).
People copy and paste and expect glorification. I choose my own path. A whale posted a piece about the Twitter girl in Aleppo which I had exposed as fake four days earler. The whale ranted at me. I provided evidence.
Over three posts I was awarded 40 votes.
The whale was awarded 230 votes for C&P lies.
This is how the world is and it is alive, well and kicking in steemia
I am an intolerant old bastard when it comes to wilful ignorance and I make no apologies for my disposition!!