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by mindslight 1389 days ago
Sarcasm. It's a useful skill that fosters self awareness and builds your memetic defenses. And I even included a free tag to help train your detector.
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Do you have any books or resources on how sarcasm affects self awareness and memetic defenses?
I don't know what a book could do for you, as it would be too literal/linear regardless of the meta. What I do know is that understanding sarcasm requires critically evaluating everything you take in, and being keenly aware of the context around it. (Hence it being good to tag impersonal written communication - if we were meatspace friends you'd already have a strong assumption that I wasn't a Ma Bell lobbyist drone). And hearing corporate marketing speak parodied sardonically makes you less likely to just accept it when you're earnestly inundated with it. I'd also say this topic is closely related to "security thinking" where one critically examines the converse/implication of every statement.