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When Did Optics Become More Important Than Outcomes?
Posted on 9/30/26 at 7:03 am
Posted on 9/30/26 at 7:03 am
When did society become more obsessed with appearing to do the right thing than actually doing what works? We celebrate statements, campaigns, policies, and gestures that look good on the surface, but how often do we stop and ask whether they actually improve anything? At some point, it feels like good optics became more valuable than good outcomes.
Maybe symbolic actions matter, but should they still be praised when the results don’t match the message? And if questioning whether something works is treated as being against the cause itself, how are we supposed to separate real progress from performative progress? I’m curious where people draw that line.
Maybe symbolic actions matter, but should they still be praised when the results don’t match the message? And if questioning whether something works is treated as being against the cause itself, how are we supposed to separate real progress from performative progress? I’m curious where people draw that line.
Posted on 9/30/26 at 7:05 am to RoosterCogburn585
November 7th, 2014
Posted on 9/30/26 at 7:06 am to RoosterCogburn585
Virtue signaling for the socials is the answer you’re looking for
Posted on 9/30/26 at 7:07 am to RoosterCogburn585
When Oklahoma state missed that fricking field goal
Also 2003 AP
Also 2003 AP
This post was edited on 9/30/26 at 7:08 am
Posted on 9/30/26 at 7:09 am to RoosterCogburn585
It’s all about the dopamine hits from social media. Humans do whatever gives them the most of it.
Posted on 9/30/26 at 7:12 am to RoosterCogburn585
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When did society become more obsessed with appearing to do the right thing than actually doing what works?
There has always been this kinda shite, but social media really brought it to the forefront.
Posted on 9/30/26 at 7:12 am to OweO
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OweO
Posted on 9/30/26 at 7:13 am to RoosterCogburn585
When algorithms learned how to best exploit our lizard brains combined with a societal shift to polarity
Posted on 9/30/26 at 7:14 am to RoosterCogburn585
quote:When media/politicians/influencers realized how dumb the average person was and that they could monetize it that stupidity.
When did society become more obsessed with appearing to do the right thing than actually doing what works?
Posted on 9/30/26 at 7:15 am to RoosterCogburn585
Around the same time data became more valuable than products.
A data harvesting company like X is worth billions while airlines are worth millions.
A good example is when that shoe company swapped away from making shoes to AI and shot up billions almost overnight
A data harvesting company like X is worth billions while airlines are worth millions.
A good example is when that shoe company swapped away from making shoes to AI and shot up billions almost overnight
This post was edited on 9/30/26 at 7:19 am
Posted on 9/30/26 at 7:16 am to RoosterCogburn585
It’s always been that way. The difference now is how many people can reasonably put eyes/ears on any given thing. With the rise of the 24 hour news cycle and then social media, that answer is now “everyone, who will then shift their attention to something else, immediately”. So everyone consumes the sound bite while no one sticks around to examine the results.
Posted on 9/30/26 at 7:19 am to Joshjrn
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It’s always been that way. The difference now is how many people can reasonably put eyes/ears on any given thing.
It's also how messaging can be automatically segregated into population silos. That reinforcement is massive, especially with how society is pushing groups into such hard in/out group identification dynamics.
For a non-political, very vanilla example. How many of you have separate profiles on a Netflix or Prime as your spouse? Do you ever look at their suggested movies?
Posted on 9/30/26 at 7:50 am to RoosterCogburn585
Because we’ve shifted to a balanced society where women have a much bigger impact on how things are viewed culturally.
Women value feelings and perception relative to men,
Women value feelings and perception relative to men,
Posted on 9/30/26 at 8:20 am to RoosterCogburn585
Posted on 9/30/26 at 8:23 am to RoosterCogburn585
If you're Catholic and went to mass last Sunday, this was exactly the Gospel.
[ETA: So obviously Jesus thought it was a problem ˜ 2000 years ago.]
[ETA: So obviously Jesus thought it was a problem ˜ 2000 years ago.]
This post was edited on 9/30/26 at 8:26 am
Posted on 9/30/26 at 8:24 am to RoosterCogburn585
Posted on 9/30/26 at 8:44 am to RoosterCogburn585
IMHO……
9/11 was the jumping off point for all this shite. Thanks Bin Laden.
9/11 was the jumping off point for all this shite. Thanks Bin Laden.
Posted on 9/30/26 at 8:46 am to Joshjrn
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It’s always been that way.
Agree. People are people, we are social beings and will never not value others’ opinions about us, drama and gossip has existed since the dawn of time.
People just have platforms to show it to the world now
Posted on 9/30/26 at 8:47 am to RoosterCogburn585
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When did society become more obsessed with appearing to do the right thing than actually doing what works?
The beginning of time
Posted on 9/30/26 at 8:50 am to RoosterCogburn585
Parting of the Red Sea?
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