[j45]

It wasn’t lofty. It was real and existed that way. For some time too.

Maybe the scientific approach to manufacturing and maintaining adoption and the ways to do it was part of the issue.

Experiencing this early way expanded your mind and viewpoints, instead of feeding your more on the track you are to keep you scrolling. It wasn’t as much as everything was new, only that there were so many different things being experienced by others.

Unfortunately, things went towards depth instead of breadth and folks doubled down instead of discovering and being often to viewpoints and things they didn’t know anything about.

Still, maybe there’s a path forward to have a better self discovery service that’s focused on growing throw exposing to new ideas instead of doubling down on what you are today and cementing that in place.

The primacy effect is powerful for good things as much as not.

[Nimitz14]

It existed that way when you yourself were younger and knew less and there were was a high prob that whoever you were talking to could teach you something.

teenagers still experience it the same way.

[j45]

Absolutely! :)

Lots is rooted in Edward Bernays.

Can go back further than we like.

The first time we experience something it’s enriching to ask are we the fist to ever think about this or experience it? Do it and you can connect to many more perspectives to enjoy your experience even more.

Shout out to msn culture, irc culture and bbs culture for laying the groundwork of currents and waves to come.

Anything earlier?

[watwut]

Arguably, a lot of early radicalization happen because folks are open to accepting viewpoints and things they know nothing about, more and more toward extreme.

[dgb23]

Could be the other way around too.

The more people understand the more are they pushed away from apathetic mainstream beliefs, that lull you into the comfort of the herd and distract you from fundamental issues.

Maybe it’s also two sides of the same coin?

But personally I have to actively disengage with politics in order to keep my sanity and focus on the day to day and my personal challenges. The less I educate myself actively, the more comfort I feel in how things are going.

[watwut]

I did not really meant that. I meant that fascism adjacent content shows up in your recommendations somewhere around your gaming videos or whatever. You are open to it, click on it. You know nothing about discussed history so you just swallow it and move from there.

In the initial situation, you did not cared, one way or the other. But now, all you know is what this says and you believe it, because your mind was open.

[j45]

Reading about the primacy effect might interest you: