You may want to view action and sphere of influence. Does an individual have international or national influence? Probably not. How about within their community, home, or person? Probably, yes.
I want a good society and I think that’s will be made up of good individuals making individual action. So to me, this all starts at home with the individual’s sphere of influence.
It makes me wonder about the power of religious zealots being simply having read a book, considered profound, many times. And I’m curious about which book I would choose.
> Christmas is devoted to reading books we all know perfectly well.
Ha, this seems counterfactual to how the americans (traveling around recently and I don’t remember seeing anyone with a book open).
> Universities have pushed post-modernism since the 60s which is the precursor for the deprecation of truth.
Call me crazy, but the situation may be more nuanced than this (and your next statement). For example, all universities embraced post-modernism? Also, universities are the arbiter for truth? If so, which universities and which truths? Or is it the transcendental Truth all universities gave out? Lastly, post-modernist ideas on media or some other part of culture?
The market hype is real. Check-signers at businesses expect LLMs to have the ability the AI CEOs talk about in their interviews and conferences but don’t exist (and are no where near existing).
I like the message of the article overall. And I am skeptical when “liberation” and “freedom” are used when not clearly defined because where I am from (US) these words are thrown around flippantly. If I follow this approach of quietness and attention, will I be free from hunger (ie have food)? Free from fear (eg security from violence)? No, clearly not. There are other freedoms.
Also, a left out item that we have direct access to sense, manipulation, cultivation: our bodies.
To me, you’re missing the point of the comment. OP points a group of people’s <i>actions</i>, not their <i>affiliation</i>. Well unless their affiliation forces them to do particular actions.
Upon further reading, you use emotional language too - “witch-hunt” and “hysteria”.
Are these witch-hunts? And can you tell if people over the internet are nearing sexual release?
Are you responding to emotional language and other’s loose thinking with your own?