The most rapid alteration of human behavior in history
And it seems nobody is paying it much attention. Well, of course not: they are too busy checking twitter!
Libertarians, My Libertarians!
Cruel to be kind means that I love you . Because, while I think you are mistaken, your hearts are in the right place -- yes, even you, Silas -- unlike some people . This Breitbart fellow (discussed in the link above), by all appearances, deliberately doctored a video of Shirley Sherrod to make her remarks appear virulently racist, when they had, in fact, the opposite import. I heard that at a recent Austrian conference, some folks were talking about "Callahan's conservative turn." While that description is not entirely inaccurate, I must say that a lot of these people who today call themselves conservative give me the heebie-jeebies.
Hardly a new phenomenon.
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Rubbish. See response to rob below.
DeleteNor did reading the newspaper have the same effect on the brain as does heroin.
DeleteJust the medium has changed, not people:
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Reading developed about 7000 thousand years ago, rob. It took roughly 70 centuries from that invention to people "reading on the train." The smart phone was invented 13 years ago...
DeleteAlso, in my experience, neither my books or newspapers had messages from other people suddenly popping up inside them, nor did one engage in long political debates with strangers on them, etc. etc.
These "nothing to see here, move along" responses are pretty funny! When I was in college, people indeed read the newspaper of the train. However, I never recall seeing every single student in a large lecture hall desperately sneaking glances at their newspaper, even though the professor had specifically banned newspapers from the class. The idea we are not seeing a massive change in human behavior here is laughable.
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