#100hardtruths

Virality is Virility

A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths that connect a macho growing of digital stature to real world violence.

I often argue
that virality is not good for social justice: where depth, connection, careful consideration, and usability matter much more than brief recognition, superficial attention, or momentary if strong emotion. After the crush of attention, #fakenews remains, as do the people and organizations committed to studying and changing it, the people and organizations who use it to manipulate, and the real world changes it can, does and will inspire. #fakenews depends upon the logic and cycles of virality. Criticizing, understanding, and outliving this logic is critical to its undoing. (#100hardtruth #80: outlast virality)

Contents of this path:

  1. #80, outlast virality
  2. #13: conservatism trends toward performance art
  3. #15: the internet is perfect incubator for #fakenews and its material results
  4. #20: stress related to immigration status is one result
  5. #22: experimental escape routes needed
  6. #33: speed matters; there is safety in the slow
  7. #48, seek enlightenment from historical context, contemporaneous public statements, and specific sequence of events
  8. #68, digital self-defense in the time of trump needed
  9. #75, no time for fools
  10. #81, call the man of the year a liar
  11. #82, explain your irrational destruction before the eyes of humanity
  12. #83, focus attention on the real-world applications of #fakenews
  13. #89, ten (more!) superhardtruths about #100hardtruths (certainly not) needed
  14. #90, Trump is always making provocations with his aggressive words
  15. #97, digital participation is reflexive
  16. #98, peace is the most powerful deterrent of all
  17. #99, information overload needs positive feedback effects
  18. #100, speak and spell, teach and tell, count and swell