We humans are in huge misalignment. Obviously at the macro political scale. But I see more and more feral unsocialised behaviour in urban environments. Obviously social media is a big factor. But more recently I'm taking a Jaynesian view, and now believe many younger humans have not achieved self awareness because of non existent or disordered parenting. And no direct awareness of own thoughts. So how can they possibly have empathy? Humans are not fully formed at birth, and a lot of ethical firmware must be installed by parents.

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OgsyedIE 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

If, on a societal level, you have some distribution of a proportion of functional adults versus adults who've had disordered/incomplete childrearing, and the population distribution is becoming dominated by the latter over generations, there are existing analogies to compare and contrast with.

Prion diseases in a population of neurons, for instance. Amyloid plaques.

	▲	osullivj 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Amyloid plaques are my greatest fear. One parent. One GP. Natural intelligence is declining. When I arrive at dementia in 20 years the level of empathy and NI in the general population will be feral. Time to book the flight to CH.
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		The plot of Idiocracy

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daemoncoder 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It seems possible to me at least, that social media can distort or negate any parentally installed firmware, despite parents best intentions and efforts.

	▲	osullivj 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		I agree. From 1st hand experience. Social media counters the socialisation and other awareness we grew with in the late 20th C

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