Timothy Snyder

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12.7. 14:00 https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire/112773408529101538 :

> ... our smart phones... Do you agree that they are sucking IQ out of us?

13.7. 05:27 https://newsie.social/@dswidow/112777050469728436 :

> I'm not sure about the dumbing down...
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> Even if he's right, not everyone's getting dumber...

Hm. Well, I try not to have an opinion on almost anything. #TimothySnyder mentions in the lecture there is some scietific research in this area. And, statistics means "not everyone" 🙂

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I trust #TimothySnyder. So, I would need some solid research to contradict him here.

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13.7. 05:27 https://newsie.social/@dswidow/112777050469728436 :

> ... not everyone's getting dumber (e.g. people on Mastodon). I use the internet to search for information, listen to lectures (like Snyder's), etc. I'd say sites like Twitter are dumbing down their users.

Well, we could and should make considered decision what to use, what not, what to do, what not. I believe that standard Mastodoning is not enough. I believe in agreements.

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Q: Why do you think it's important for you to find an agreement with someone you know? What is your motivation?

A: A small(!) agreement is good right and beautiful. It makes the world a better, more right and beautiful place. It fosters a richness of similarities and differences. It enhances the quality of interpersonal relationships. It is a slow way of spreading essential "things that are not things" / "truths" / "values"...

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@GreenFire@mstdn.social :

> ... thought that the neopaganism description of the idiocrasy that we seem to be seeing happen in modern society is a good approach to discuss it.
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> I especially like the comparison of our smart phones to oracles that we turn to for validation.
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> I quite like his description of the billionaires as viking kings trying to take the entire world with them when they die as their sacrificial slaves too."

@GreenFire@mstdn.social, Yes 🙂

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For me, the #TimothySnyder's lecture enforces my conviction, that I should invest almost no affort into trying to understend / to interpret billionaires, autocrats, their admires and such. Instead, I try to understand / to interpret / to coordinate "us"(??). And that is my question. He was asked it at the lecture too, but answered in a way which doesn't suite my purpose. What are "we"? Who are "we"? How to define "us"(??) positively; not as oposition to 👹.

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Somehow, I believe, our shared interest in / admiration of #TimothySnyder should be able to produce a little more than tooting, boosting or faving.

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I am trying to collect stuff concerning #TimothySnyder in a phpBB topic-thread "Timothy Snyder": 1: https://trojkatretiho.cz/viewtopic.php?p=204#p204 ~ 37: https://trojkatretiho.cz/viewtopic.php?p=1159#p1159 . I invite others to join my effort. Entering that forum requires an assistance. I am here to provide it 🙂

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These are people from phpBB topic-thread "Timothy Snyder" 1: https://trojkatretiho.cz/viewtopic.php?p=204#p204 38: https://trojkatretiho.cz/viewtopic.php?p=1160#p1160 I invite to some cooperation as a "fan club". It is an open project, other people are invited too 🙂

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