I Never Learned Compassion for Idiots

What’s something you still refuse to learn because you survived this long without it? I’ve survived this long without learning compassion for idiots. I’m not about to start now. There was a time when being stupid came with consequences. Social ones. Professional ones. You had to either learn, shut up, or quietly fade into the background. Stupid people had to fit in. They didn’t get a microphone. They didn’t get a platform. They didn’t get rewarded for confidently […]

https://ericfoltin.com/2026/02/01/i-never-learned-compassion-for-idiots/

The subjective experience of shifting time and attention from corporate #SocialMedia to #Mastodon over the past few weeks recalled for me the idea of the #SecessionFromTheBroadcast. I'd read the original talk years ago, and when I googled it I stumbled on this talk by #GeneYoungblood from 2015.

Super interesting:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x37deqp_youngblood-secession-from-the-broadcast_people

#TheBroadcast #InvertedTotalitarianism #PlatformCoop #BuyTwitter #EmotionalBandwidth