Philosophical aphorisms & critical reflectionS

Tag: masses

  • ”Influencers”

    All this breed of bloggers and influencers—this whole rabble—is a very harmful phenomenon. They think they are free and especially admirable for their supposed independence from TV, but in reality they are even worse, because they depend heavily on the crowd and on algorithms, which only brings even more turmoil into our society, they are…

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  • The larger the crowd, the dumber it gets

    Democracy… sooner or later, the crowd will elect a complete fool to lead… reflection. The larger the crowd, the dumber it gets; the bigger the state, the more prone it is to mistakes and deception. Leadership is better entrusted to the best people with experience, the most honest and intelligent, with an unconditionally clean reputation.…

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  • Natural tendency to use a common product

    People have a natural tendency (convenience) to use a single large product. A kind of basic natural monopolization. Just because sometimes it’s more convenient when everyone knows one thing, for example in communications. In this context, sometimes it is good not to overthink diversity, but to make that single product available to the majority, but…

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  • Information wars

    Information wars… not as obvious as it seems, but dumb and stupid things work better for crowds, normals, underclasses; the paradox is that the bad (lying, aggressive, unfree) side often wins such stages – it is easier for them to lie, manipulate, twist, shuffle, shift information…. at a short distance it gives advantage, of course,…

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  • Average consumerism

    Here’s a quick thought experiment – I’m going to come to him with my [most famous burgers franchise] burger (assuming he doesn’t familiar with [most famous world burgers franchise]) and he’s obviously more likely to say like it’s bad food. And don’t forget that we’re not talking about smart sophisticated and honest people, but about…

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  • Dark ages

    Politics today is a middlemen’s zone, smart goes to art or science, mid-range minds go to politics mostly; typically – activists, cops, money-makers… you will rarely meet genius people there, but usually just some lucky mediocre. Don’t mind exceptions, of course. Sure that’s got reasons behind it, today’s politics seems to be a dull field…

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