I can assume one can go nuts if you’re the only one in your circles noticing.
Otherwise people get confused?
“Today we live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups… So I ask, in my writing, What is real? Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo-realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms. I do not distrust their motives; I distrust their power. They have a lot of it. And it is an astonishing power: that of creating whole universes, universes of the mind. I ought to know. I do the same thing.”
Philip K. Dick
We just do it collectively as we do it individually (internally)?
AI Created: Artificial Intelligence talking about Usury.
Me: The Overton-window and usury? How would they relate to eachother?
ChatGPT (jan23):
The Overton window, also known as the window of discourse, is a concept in political theory which refers to the range of policies or ideas that are considered to be politically acceptable at a given time. It is named after Joseph P. Overton, a former vice president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, who first described the concept in the 1990s. The Overton window can shift over time, as public opinion changes, and as different groups and individuals work to influence it.
Usury, or the practice of lending money at excessively high rates of interest, can relate to the Overton window as it can influence what policies and ideas are considered politically acceptable. For example, if the public becomes more aware of the negative effects of usury, such as the concentration of wealth among a small group of lenders, and the burden of high-interest loans on individuals and businesses, then policies aimed at regulating or limiting usury may become more politically acceptable.
However, usury can also be considered a politically sensitive issue, as it can be used to sustain certain political ideologies, and some groups may work to keep it outside of the Overton window. For example, certain groups may argue that usury is necessary to support a capitalist economic system and that any attempts to regulate or limit it would be harmful to the economy.
It’s important to note that The Overton window can shift over time, and different groups and individuals work to influence it. So even if usury is not considered politically acceptable today, it doesn’t mean it will not be in the future, and vice versa.
Buy the AI a drink (in holofuel)
Extra:
-Framing
-Agenda setting
-Political polarization
-Political ideology
-Political strategy
-Public opinion
-Groupthink
Wikipedia:
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallin%27s_spheres
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_rail_(politics)
Affiliate:
Books:
- “The Overton Window” by Glenn Beck
- “Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media” by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky
- “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip K. Dick
Documentaries:
- “The Great Hack” (2019)
- “The Social Dilemma” (2020)
- “HyperNormalisation” (2016)
Movies:
- “The Truman Show” (1998)
- “They Live” (1988)
- “Wag the Dog” (1997)
Series:
- “Black Mirror” (2011-2019)
- “Mr. Robot” (2015-2019)
- “The Newsroom” (2012-2014)
Songs:
- “Fake Plastic Trees” by Radiohead
- “Viva la Vida” by Coldplay
- “The Times They Are A-Changin’” by Bob Dylan
Artworks:
- “Invisible Reality” by Liu Bolin
- “The Treachery of Images” by René Magritte
- “Flag” by Jasper Johns
Podcasts:
- “The Daily” by The New York Times
- “On the Media” by WNYC
- “Pod Save America” by Crooked Media
Purpose: to stimulate debate
Would you agree…
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