Went through and read a few of these articles in a row, very worth it. As you talked about finding cognitive simulators, is there a specific genre, or franchise you feel offers the most benefit to getting away from the doom scrolling feeling?
The most important thing to know is that your Cognitive Simulator has to be completely personal. It’s exactly like building a Sovereign Synthesizer—you have to construct it out of the cultural shards that actually mean something to you. For me, the architecture was built out of deep-lore, 'Moe' anime (Higurashi, Gurren Lagann) because the trope of 'hidden psychological horror behind a cute aesthetic' forced my brain to actively investigate reality instead of passively scrolling. But a Cognitive Simulator is uniquely tailored to the user. For you, it might be the dense political lore of Frank Herbert's Dune, the high-trust strategy of an MMORPG raid, or even building physical models for tabletop gaming. The only rule is that it must require High Friction, Deep Lore, or High Trust. You have to find the specific fictional universe whose rules demand your absolute attention. When you find the one that pulls you out of the passive doomscroll, you've found your forge.
More people need to understand what they are actively trying to do. I found your article interesting. I was shadow banned on yewtoob ( misspelled just in case the algorithm picks up on it here?) and a few interesting things happened. I’m putting 2+2 together. Social media is a social experiment. They are literally experimenting on ( in short) how to create a propaganda machine able to reach everyone and make it not obvious. They send trolls to comment sections to argue the opposite, attack people speaking truth, etc and eventually ban them from participating. ( but only if they don’t like what you’re saying). My mind goes back to the settlement against zhuck and goofle about the young girl unalivement. They specifically sent trolls to harass her. I also think about the UF event. They sent that guy instructions and advice. I actually enjoy the ban. I do not see troll comments, only the beautiful and supportive humans. Sorry.. long response but after reading this I feel seen. ❤️
I'm nearly in my mid 80s and I'm finding this now too tiring to absorb. I try to keep up however sorry it's getting too much. Am I the only one who feels like this?
Excellent.
Interesting analysis
The world is your oyster xD
More, please.
https://constructamiracle.com/p/serious-play-part-2-the-fourth-wall
Went through and read a few of these articles in a row, very worth it. As you talked about finding cognitive simulators, is there a specific genre, or franchise you feel offers the most benefit to getting away from the doom scrolling feeling?
The most important thing to know is that your Cognitive Simulator has to be completely personal. It’s exactly like building a Sovereign Synthesizer—you have to construct it out of the cultural shards that actually mean something to you. For me, the architecture was built out of deep-lore, 'Moe' anime (Higurashi, Gurren Lagann) because the trope of 'hidden psychological horror behind a cute aesthetic' forced my brain to actively investigate reality instead of passively scrolling. But a Cognitive Simulator is uniquely tailored to the user. For you, it might be the dense political lore of Frank Herbert's Dune, the high-trust strategy of an MMORPG raid, or even building physical models for tabletop gaming. The only rule is that it must require High Friction, Deep Lore, or High Trust. You have to find the specific fictional universe whose rules demand your absolute attention. When you find the one that pulls you out of the passive doomscroll, you've found your forge.
More people need to understand what they are actively trying to do. I found your article interesting. I was shadow banned on yewtoob ( misspelled just in case the algorithm picks up on it here?) and a few interesting things happened. I’m putting 2+2 together. Social media is a social experiment. They are literally experimenting on ( in short) how to create a propaganda machine able to reach everyone and make it not obvious. They send trolls to comment sections to argue the opposite, attack people speaking truth, etc and eventually ban them from participating. ( but only if they don’t like what you’re saying). My mind goes back to the settlement against zhuck and goofle about the young girl unalivement. They specifically sent trolls to harass her. I also think about the UF event. They sent that guy instructions and advice. I actually enjoy the ban. I do not see troll comments, only the beautiful and supportive humans. Sorry.. long response but after reading this I feel seen. ❤️
At this point it is less about what they are trying to do, and how we are already convinced the pot boiling is fine
Most people don’t want to be in this predicament. Our representatives have either sold their souls or sold us down the river for money.
I'm nearly in my mid 80s and I'm finding this now too tiring to absorb. I try to keep up however sorry it's getting too much. Am I the only one who feels like this?
I used to play, until I left home to be in 3d. I never reverted, I am an expert at it, where it really counts.