It’s right to worry, yes. But also, shh, it’s fine to glance at a Matt Yglesias column and just keep walking. I for one have cut back on my Yglesias dosing. I like questioning my priors as much as the next guy but have to watch my attention budget.
As I see it, being mindful of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence and how our individual behavior results in the aggregate behavior of our civilization is a way to deal with this, but prophets, philosophers, and buddhas have been exhorting people for millennia to limited effect.
It’s right to worry, yes. But also, shh, it’s fine to glance at a Matt Yglesias column and just keep walking. I for one have cut back on my Yglesias dosing. I like questioning my priors as much as the next guy but have to watch my attention budget.
As I see it, being mindful of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence and how our individual behavior results in the aggregate behavior of our civilization is a way to deal with this, but prophets, philosophers, and buddhas have been exhorting people for millennia to limited effect.