Monday 9th October 2023

Topics:

• The world is a bit crazy right now, with all of the ongoing wars.
• At times like this I hate social media: the ugly side of many people starts to show via this brutally honest mirror we all carry around in our pockets.
• My X feed this week was not only full of horrific videos, but lots of hateful, divided commentary.
• Tribalism enables many people to justify any kind of behaviour, not matter how horrific. Empathy is lost.
• Equally disturbing is the so-called "hot take guys", who want to comment on whatever is trending on X that day.
• When I see people jumping on trending topics just to get some views, no matter how tragic those events are in real life: I find that disgusting.
• I wish we had a site like X that only focused on economics, business, tech, and science only, but the truth is that all of those topics are now being looked upon via a Left or Right prism. Bias is everywhere.
• I am apolitical, I vote for nobody, but I must admit I am in a tiny minority.
• The best thing I can do is drop off social media until the latest storm passes, or drop off social media altogether...
• In its normal state, social media is noisy. In an abnormal state, it becomes overwhelming: a series of angry mobs shouting at anyone who dares to disagree.
• What I am working on this week:
  • Five.Today - there was a bug that impacted upon recurring daily/weekly/monthly tasks, resulting in them not being created properly. I have fixed this bug today.
• Media I am enjoying this week:
  • Diaspora by Greg Egan.

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