Live as You Preach
Some old-time readers ask about the "MATA" (not a typo) stuff we put in some articles.
analognowhere says: "Everything on this website is in the public domain." That includes the images we so often use here, with attribution only in the habitual words of gratitude, including today's. Those are attractively old-fashioned comics.
There's a clear motif there; technology is fast becoming dysphoric. It's not there to improve humanity but to help few people control humanity. Many people nowadays "get" it and accordingly "rebel" in small ways, e.g. by abandoning social control media.
There are also many books (actual literature, not some "tweets" moaning about Twitter) which explain this phenomenon, set aside comic strips.
But how many people read books?
That itself merits discussion. Today's technology discourages reading long-form texts.
The capacity of future minds (next generation and beyond) may be decreasing. The concept of patiently working on something big is outlandish to many; it's all about impulses.
We habitually get a laugh out of people publicly moaning about other people using social control media while they themselves use it, even heavily. Or those who say in social control media that social control media should be avoided. How stupid does that make them look? It's like a motorway barricade protesting the use of automobiles... using automobiles.
Activism offline and online relies a great deal on consistency and adherence to principles, including applying those principles to oneself or leading by example/action. Chewing a chunk of mutton while telling people to go vegetarian (or vegan) wouldn't go a long way. What sets apart good, effective activists and phonies is their acceptance and adoption of their own message. █
Photo credit: Giovanni.gvnn
