The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. – Henry David Thoreau Everyone knows Thoreau’s famous quote about the mass of men, quiet desperation and all that stuff from Walden. If he tweeted it today he’d probably be trolled and canceled for mental shaming. Maybe it’s me but I[…] Read On
Trump loses the election (allegedly) and suddenly, magically … All the rioting stops. Calls to defund police evaporate. A 90% effective vaccine is announced. The supremes will not strike down Obamacare after all. And anyone who actually believes that Roe v. Wade ever had a snowball’s chance in hell of[…] Read On
We must haver way too much time on our hands. I mean, how else could we possibly have so much freaking time shouting into our social media echo chambers and attacking those with different views? Not to mention all the time we spend watching everyone else — the media, talk[…] Read On
The biggest threat to our way of life is social echo chambers. ICYMI, social echo chambers are any group or forum that shuns freedom of thought or opposing viewpoints. The thing is, large sections of our nation, online and offline, have become social echo chambers where people are literally afraid[…] Read On
Don’t want to be an American idiotOne nation controlled by the mediaInformation age of hysteriaIt’s calling out to idiot America Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day Years ago I got into an animated debate with my father-in-law about the power of the media and whether it really does control the nation,[…] Read On
President Trump is waging war on @Jack and Twitter. Meanwhile Mark Zuckerberg is trying desperately to stay out of the crossfire and keep AG Bill Barr off his and Facebook’s back. Good luck with that. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has really stepped in it this time. I mean big-time. And[…] Read On
I hear that Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey is so chill about leadership that he doesn’t make decisions, engage in any sort of conflict or do much of anything, really. Apparently he just sits there, watches, listens, ponders, and occasionally belches out a riddle like a talking fortune cookie,[…] Read On