I sometimes wonder about these people that have thousands of connections on LinkedIn. (Likewise for Twitter, etc.) I assume they are mostly strangers.
The potential for contagion through that kind of network seems as risky as any benefit it may have. > On Sep 14, 2021, at 1:34 AM, ⛧ glen <[email protected]> wrote: > > The New Puritans > https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/10/new-puritans-mob-justice-canceled/619818/ > > Steps extracted: > 1) you divide your acquaintances into heroes, villains, and good-but-useless. > 2) you can't continue in your (admittedly "successful") learned behaviors > (career, etc.). > 3) you obsess that everyone hates you and apologize, even if you feel you did > nothing wrong; and your apology is rejected. > 4) people investigate you, confirming your persecution complex by anonymous > proceedings controlled by people you think hold grudges against you. > > And I suppose 5) you grapple with what to do after the episode (e.g. become a > Free Speech Warrior - FSW or move on). > > -- > glen ⛧ > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/
