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Re: Culture Is Stuck

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Post by snapplebobapple »

nerdchum wrote: post #77
snapplebobapple wrote: post #76

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I think you kind of have this turned on its head in that exploring passions is a natural outcome of our current labor productivity when the actual thing that is the problem is under control rather than out of control and that is abusing market power for rent seeking purposes. Housing costs have gotten out of control because people who own houses lobby for regulatory changes that increase the value of their assets and…

Yeah I'm not sure exactly how it works but I could definitely see an increase in value of labor providing more financial resources to a huge swath of people which allow them to influence the business sphere with their own ideas. Nowadays there's pretty significant monopolistic capture providing the illusion of choice in most markets, food, telecom, tech, etc. There's no breaking this stuff up without some major chang…

It actually wouldn't take much. They were effectively doing this prior to the supreme court swinging far to far to the laissez faire attitude on market power in the 1970's through now. We wouldn't even need to swing back very far to start breaking the monopolists up.

Re: Culture Is Stuck

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Post by CatWChainsaw »

samwillis wrote: post #4

I was discussing this with my my wife this morning, she had a good phrase for what's happening - "The homogenization of culture". I think she's right, the algorithmic curation of how we consume media has replaced the self and community curation of before. That "algorithm" has become the homogenising agent. I fear how AI based generative media may continue or even amplify this effect. Imagine a future where the algori…

Homogenization begets vulnerability, vulnerability begets destriction.

Re: Culture Is Stuck

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Post by Ferret7446 »

nerdchum wrote: post #9

Theres a theory that the black plague led to the enlightenment. The landed monopolistic rich had their foot on the necks of the poor for so long during the dark ages that when 50% of all people were killed it actually allowed new opportunities to arise and new people in nepotistic positions and the economy to flow again. This allowed a flourishing middle class to arise again, which gives more people free time to use…

From that theory, it sounds your conclusion is wrong:

> I personally think that when you take away the ability for people to explore their passions because they're working two jobs to survive it removes culture and takes potential genius out of the human race.

Simply, there is too many people. Thus, the events cited in the theory revitalized humanity by culling the population.

It's not the most comfortable theory, but reality is not comfortable.

Re: Culture Is Stuck

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Post by nerdchum »

Ferret7446 wrote: post #84
nerdchum wrote: post #9

Theres a theory that the black plague led to the enlightenment. The landed monopolistic rich had their foot on the necks of the poor for so long during the dark ages that when 50% of all people were killed it actually allowed new opportunities to arise and new people in nepotistic positions and the economy to flow again. This allowed a flourishing middle class to arise again, which gives more people free time to use…

From that theory, it sounds your conclusion is wrong: > I personally think that when you take away the ability for people to explore their passions because they're working two jobs to survive it removes culture and takes potential genius out of the human race. Simply, there is too many people. Thus, the events cited in the theory revitalized humanity by culling the population. It's not the most comfortable theory, bu…

Not so sure. I used to think that until I drove across the United States. There are vast swaths of habitable land.

"too many people" in what way?

Re: Culture Is Stuck

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Post by nerdchum »

nerdchum wrote: post #85
Ferret7446 wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From that theory, it sounds your conclusion is wrong: > I personally think that when you take away the ability for people to explore their passions because they're working two jobs to survive it removes culture and takes potential genius out of the human race. Simply, there is too many people. Thus, the events cited in the theory revitalized humanity by culling the population. It's not the most comfortable theory, bu…

Not so sure. I used to think that until I drove across the United States. There are vast swaths of habitable land. "too many people" in what way?

As a follow-up, there's absolutely too many people in India and China because for whatever reason they keep having massive amounts of kids despite poverty and limited space and then they try to immigrate to other countries...

But in America where population controls a little more responsible we have plenty of space for our population.

Re: Culture Is Stuck

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Post by JetSpiegel »

playing_colours wrote: post #71
jjj123 wrote: post #66

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There have been plenty of great, original movies post-2010 that push filmmaking in some way, they’re just overshadowed by the marvels of the world. Some of my recent favorites: Tar Sorry to Bother You Uncut Gems Get Out Tangerine/The Florida Project Dogtooth Mad God

How do you find them?

Since the BBC axed The Film Programme, you can try following Eileen Jones at Jacobin.

Re: Culture Is Stuck

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Post by CRConrad »

azangru wrote: post #29
nottorp wrote: post #25

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Whats the difference between the current “AI” hype and a religion?

What's the similarity?:-) In the current AI hype, you can interact with the AI.

Still, what's the diff? The religious types have always claimed to be able to interact with their deities.

(Seems to me the only difference is which party does the hallucinating.)

Re: Culture Is Stuck

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Post by [deleted] »

nerdchum wrote: post #86
nerdchum wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not so sure. I used to think that until I drove across the United States. There are vast swaths of habitable land. "too many people" in what way?

As a follow-up, there's absolutely too many people in India and China because for whatever reason they keep having massive amounts of kids despite poverty and limited space and then they try to immigrate to other countries... But in America where population controls a little more responsible we have plenty of space for our population.

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