As we humans are heading toward a 'polycrisis' - an interlocking system of crises that promise to finish us off - I thought a book on the first causes of this, & how to reverse them, may be helpful.
Thus 'The Mechanics of Changing the World: political architecture to roll back state & corporate power'.
I'm aiming for a publication date of November 22, 2023.
Published on August 12, 2023 20:42
Haidt tracks fb and twitter "algorithms"(aka "AI"?) that seem to be able to make our (anxious aka insecure?) populous angry (and suicidal, etc).
30-60% of anxious people (aka "all of us have anxious tendencies"?) are cured by placebo. But placebos can "mutate."
If 60% of Americans' innocuous placebos are mutated into the lethal emotions of (homicidal?) anger or suicidality (aka "insidious placebos") isn't it "just about time to follow the science"...(and preempt the need for placebos)?
Note: Here's a PSA promoting the science of anxiety(Exposure) from the White House: "Do one thing every day that scares you."--Eleanor Roosevelt
Note: The best predictor of whether a county voted for MAGA was "Deaths of Despair"(aka "Trump caused grief, the grieving caused Trump")
Note: "No" American KNOWS THE WORD for the science(Exposure)... "ALL" AMERICANS KNOW THE WORDS VALIUM, XANAX, etc.
Note: Valium's Purdue, etc are paying $50 billion to educate, etc Americans... but the PSAs are not yet written... we are pitching Ms.FDR's PSA, etc