>The exact opposite of this is the effort (deliberate or otherwise) to confuse people about the meaning of words.
Aka "newspeak" (when deliberate.)
>in the popular weaponization of a term like “inclusion.”
I would very much like to see your "deconstruction" of other woke terminology.
> The psychorium is the lived experience of psychopathy as socially and politically manifest in the world
I think that it would benefit you analysis to address the differences between the psychorium and the belief in religious dogma (such as Transubstantiation, etc.). While both are fully irrational, the latter has some very important positive social effects.
Another great, thought-provoking essay. Thank you.
I would add something. When you talk about the creation of the psychorium, you mention 'at certain points in their history, societies have a weakness for capture by these pathological plotters, spellbinders, and primitive impostors.'
I'm of the opinion that the current ugly, Globaist, tyrannical era that we have been ruthlessly plunged into has been precisely timed. And I believe that there are many environmental contributions that have placed society in a perfect position, from the point of view of the pathocracy, to be suppressed by their very own compliance and sheepishness. This is one of those 'certain points in history' and the powers-that-shouldn't-be have, in fact, helped create it for their benefit. How ? Toxins in our food ,fluoride in water, electromagnetic frequencies emitting from technology, PFAs, glyphosate, vaccine adjuvants, aspartame, etc. Cognitive skills and critical thinking have been massively damaged.
Then there are all of the addictions. They have turned humans into unthinking addicts. Addiction leads to people living their life in a illusion with no sense of reality or responsibility. Video games, television, Netflix, Facebook, Instagram, pornography, YouTube, sleeping pills, painkillers, alcohol, fast food, sex, internet chat rooms, online casinos, etc.etc.etc. It has all led to a population that has been placed in a deep sleep - not actually living in the real world anymore.
So yes, this is absolutely one of those points in history when the masses are fast asleep and primed to accept insane mandates and loss of liberty. But I believe they have been deliberately led into that slumber. The ruling class have worked for years and years to get society into the position that it is in now.
I'm not sure if I'm prepared to go as far as you do in the attribution of sinister motives. At least, not yet. However, I've no argument with the state of the human condition that you describe. I guess I would only qualify it with pointing to the tragic quality of human nature. To use a less charged example, ice cream producers make a great effort to assure that their products are just the right blend of fat and sugar to be almost irresistible to most people. This works because humans have these evolved appetites, due to the fact that, under evolutionary conditions of scarce calories, they were fitness enhancing, motivating those with such appetites to exert the effort and take the risks to gain access to such food sources. So, clearly, the ice cream producers are deliberately hacking our evolutionary psychology for their own profits. At the same time, people freely choose these ice cream products because of the dopamine-triggered pleasure that is provided. Yes, people are being deliberately hacked, but they are also choosing to indulge in the hack for the pleasure it provides.
The more we learn about evolved human nature, the more such hacking can be expected. As I've mentioned in earlier posts, it is clear that governments around the world have leveraged insights from behavioural psychology to incur fear and anxiety around the COVID situation. And I certainly don't disagree that there's a big difference between hacks that provide pleasure and those that provide fear. But they can always be justified by the hackers: commercial producers are just giving consumers what they enjoy; public health officials are just motivating the action required for public safety. Not to deny the more sinister motives you ascribe, only to observe that they are not necessarily required as an explanation, which could be provided by reference to this tragic dimension of human nature: the more we learn about ourselves, the better we can manipulate each other. Though obviously I agree the more that the managerial class, and eventually even associations of psychopaths, gain control over these tools, the worse things will become.
A bit long, I know, but I thought I owed you the time given how generous you've been with your comments on the Substack. Thank you, your contribution has been appreciated.
>The exact opposite of this is the effort (deliberate or otherwise) to confuse people about the meaning of words.
Aka "newspeak" (when deliberate.)
>in the popular weaponization of a term like “inclusion.”
I would very much like to see your "deconstruction" of other woke terminology.
> The psychorium is the lived experience of psychopathy as socially and politically manifest in the world
I think that it would benefit you analysis to address the differences between the psychorium and the belief in religious dogma (such as Transubstantiation, etc.). While both are fully irrational, the latter has some very important positive social effects.
Typo: a psychologically advantage position
a psychologically advantageous position.
Finally got to making all those corrections. Thank you, Jerome.
Another great, thought-provoking essay. Thank you.
I would add something. When you talk about the creation of the psychorium, you mention 'at certain points in their history, societies have a weakness for capture by these pathological plotters, spellbinders, and primitive impostors.'
I'm of the opinion that the current ugly, Globaist, tyrannical era that we have been ruthlessly plunged into has been precisely timed. And I believe that there are many environmental contributions that have placed society in a perfect position, from the point of view of the pathocracy, to be suppressed by their very own compliance and sheepishness. This is one of those 'certain points in history' and the powers-that-shouldn't-be have, in fact, helped create it for their benefit. How ? Toxins in our food ,fluoride in water, electromagnetic frequencies emitting from technology, PFAs, glyphosate, vaccine adjuvants, aspartame, etc. Cognitive skills and critical thinking have been massively damaged.
Then there are all of the addictions. They have turned humans into unthinking addicts. Addiction leads to people living their life in a illusion with no sense of reality or responsibility. Video games, television, Netflix, Facebook, Instagram, pornography, YouTube, sleeping pills, painkillers, alcohol, fast food, sex, internet chat rooms, online casinos, etc.etc.etc. It has all led to a population that has been placed in a deep sleep - not actually living in the real world anymore.
So yes, this is absolutely one of those points in history when the masses are fast asleep and primed to accept insane mandates and loss of liberty. But I believe they have been deliberately led into that slumber. The ruling class have worked for years and years to get society into the position that it is in now.
I'm not sure if I'm prepared to go as far as you do in the attribution of sinister motives. At least, not yet. However, I've no argument with the state of the human condition that you describe. I guess I would only qualify it with pointing to the tragic quality of human nature. To use a less charged example, ice cream producers make a great effort to assure that their products are just the right blend of fat and sugar to be almost irresistible to most people. This works because humans have these evolved appetites, due to the fact that, under evolutionary conditions of scarce calories, they were fitness enhancing, motivating those with such appetites to exert the effort and take the risks to gain access to such food sources. So, clearly, the ice cream producers are deliberately hacking our evolutionary psychology for their own profits. At the same time, people freely choose these ice cream products because of the dopamine-triggered pleasure that is provided. Yes, people are being deliberately hacked, but they are also choosing to indulge in the hack for the pleasure it provides.
The more we learn about evolved human nature, the more such hacking can be expected. As I've mentioned in earlier posts, it is clear that governments around the world have leveraged insights from behavioural psychology to incur fear and anxiety around the COVID situation. And I certainly don't disagree that there's a big difference between hacks that provide pleasure and those that provide fear. But they can always be justified by the hackers: commercial producers are just giving consumers what they enjoy; public health officials are just motivating the action required for public safety. Not to deny the more sinister motives you ascribe, only to observe that they are not necessarily required as an explanation, which could be provided by reference to this tragic dimension of human nature: the more we learn about ourselves, the better we can manipulate each other. Though obviously I agree the more that the managerial class, and eventually even associations of psychopaths, gain control over these tools, the worse things will become.
A bit long, I know, but I thought I owed you the time given how generous you've been with your comments on the Substack. Thank you, your contribution has been appreciated.