Engagement was always a horrible metric. Attention was always a horrible currency.
My thesis remains unchanged: #bitcoin and #nostr fixes this, if we get the #value4value part right.
https://dergigi.com/2022/12/18/a-vision-for-a-value-enabled-web/
It's even worse for the human psyche in general because it holds back higher human potential of the individual in favor of groupthink and self censoring to get that sweet sweet engagement.
This actually destroys the individual and cuts them off from discovering higher potential. Look no further than tik tok or Instagram for examples of this. (I actually feel bad for the ice cream yum yum girls.)
From the perspective of the Borg, most cultures and people are already homoginized. These [insert] kill these other [insert] because of [insert] reasons. Its all quite boring.
True Individuals, rise from that, like cream. Individuality is at the margins.
This is true for any culture. Out of the mass trend come the next great artwork, the counter-culture to that, or the perfection of that drone , each becoming the height of that art.
Infinite differences, infinite combinations. But some, most, are probably quite mid.
