Rant: I am angry

 

Umberto Eco, who actually used
the word imbecile in Italian 

Outrage has turned to a simmering anger. I am not used to this chronically induced emotion. It goes against my nature and personality. Yet every day I am confronted with anger in social media and countless other platforms, which then trickles into real life.

One of the most insignificant examples was someone I was introduced to who has a background in mammalian biology and is a child educator, who also has a blog with lively discussions on science and science fiction. Perfect.

Until Covid, when she took it upon herself to explain it to the rest of us. No background and no understanding of any kind. People were scared and needed answers, which public health should have provided. She claimed that Corona was named after the Christian crown of thorns, trying to impress her readers with the latin word. I corrected that when it was discovered it looked like the three dimensional corona of the sun. (Solar Corona). Significant for research because of all of those spike proteins.

"Oh, I was mistaken" did not occur to her, instead she wanted my qualifications and a reference citation then...insults. I was polite but shocked, six years later this uncivilized behavior is the norm.

Rage bait for clicks and self-promotion. She knew little about science, but knew how to market herself.

There's a video by a lesser known techbro selling AI as "on the cusp of a breakthrough through vibe physics." It's making the rounds in the physics community because it makes no sense, but is how a product is sold to investors; I have a feeling that this will be the next big thing.

Freedom of speech is being suppressed, hate speech is being promoted. It doesn't matter what field or industry I am addressing, all of them are affected: music, art, literature, tech etc

As to advertising; shopping therapy works when people are in a good mood or mildly stressed, not when they're angry.

Came across Amanda Palmers expression of emotions. I'm not a fan of her music. There's also controversy in her personal life, which I'm not referring to. However, she makes an interesting 6-minute point about fear, some of which resonated.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJRq3PvxSmi/?hl=en

Silence is not the answer.