The anti-social media; addiction to righteous indignation

By artappraiser on Wed, 12/16/2020 - 5:22pm |

"We open the app, we scroll, we hate, we lash out, we shut down — and then we do it all again tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow," writes @DamonLinker. "Because part of us loves to experience the addictive thrill of righteous indignation."https://t.co/Srs7uyphF4
— The Week (@TheWeek) December 16, 2020

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https://theweek.com/articles/955353/antisocial-media

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There is research showing that we can become addicted to outrage the same way we can become addicted to drugs.

https://t.co/oFuKoZxuYF https://t.co/jf8EHKACP2
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) December 16, 2020

“Grievances activate the same reward regions of the brain, triggering cravings in anticipation of pleasure or relief through retaliation.

The ‘retaliation’ doesn’t need to be physically violent – an unkind word or tweet can also be very gratifying.”https://t.co/oFuKoZxuYF
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) December 16, 2020

Note subheading of Politico Magazine piece: It turns out that your brain on grievances looks a lot like your brain on drugs. And that’s a problem not just for the outgoing president, but for the rest of us.

And is by James Kimmel, Jr., a lecturer in psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine, and co-director of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies.

Someone who knows far more about this than I do is @TristanHarris.

Go watch his documentary. https://t.co/dA9jvUpW8K
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) December 16, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 12/16/2020 - 5:28pm

Frank Luntz gave birth to political chicanery and name calling to stoke social indignation as a Newt Republican attack dog in the 90's. He has made a living off gaming indignation in politics.

Luntz invented the term "death tax" for the inheritance tax, a tax the Republicans and the super wealthy have fought with false indignation, and pared down to nearly nothing.

by NCD on Thu, 12/17/2020 - 11:24am

Anything he did like that was like 30 years ago. Hold grudges much? Talk about grievance. Hello, the GOP has become the party of Trump.

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/17/2020 - 12:41pm

p.s. right after typing my comment, I just saw a link in a sidebar to a video deconstructing the mysteries of the "Obama-Trump voter", which was a good reminder of how the U.S. political world has changed. And how Luntz has a lot of expertise at figuring out stuff exactly like that. You can, of course, keep thinking everything is the same as 30 years ago and keeping fighting old fights.

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/17/2020 - 12:51pm

Luntz is an amoral political operative, who stands for nothing but promoting Frank Luntz. If he lives another 30 years it will be the same.

by NCD on Thu, 12/17/2020 - 11:09pm

here's some more Frank Luntz 2020 version for you, NCD:

Kimberly Klacik lost her House race in 2020 by more than 40 points. #MD07

I just post facts. https://t.co/ZAfhmQqhSc
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) December 20, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/19/2020 - 10:37pm

This is about spot on. What at first was supposed to be a tool of social networking and connection seems to have unnetworked and disconnected us to the point that politicians talk about it. It's a major source of division that helped us to go, within ten years, from a president making stale weekly radio addresses to one that said all sorts of insane things on Twitter.

And not to flatter the audience here, but the tone here is greatly improved from years ago, when all this stimulation was still new (and social media did impact the tone of podcasts and blogs). People are aware that something is off and want a change.

by Orion on Thu, 12/17/2020 - 10:43am

Your participation helps a lot on this site, Orion! You clearly have a knack for de-fanging interactions. I, for one, really appreciate when you join in and redirect things with an open-minded observation.

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/17/2020 - 12:10pm

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