Social Media Hijacks The Subconscious Mind, by Paul Rosenberg

Paul Rosenberg makes a strong argument. One thing we know social media doesn’t do: make you smarter. From Rosenberg at freemansperspective.com:

Anything that affects the subconscious minds of billions of people, on a daily basis, is a very serious thing, and that is precisely what has happened over the past decade, as social media captured a large percentage of human cognition.

I am well aware that I am running against the stream. Mine, to be honest about it, is a small and largely unwanted voice. Still, someone needs to say these things, and the truth is that social media directly replaces natural subconscious functions. Or, perhaps more accurately, it displaces subconscious operations and acts in their place. And that is very, very dangerous.

As we go through this, please understand that I’m not saying these things precisely, simply because no one knows how to say them precisely. Any “expert” on the subject could be attacked by half a dozen contrary experts, each with their own theory of the unconscious.

So, those who need to find fault may proceed as they must. I am doing my job all the same, because fear of the critic spawns self-censorship, and we very much need to address this.

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One response to “Social Media Hijacks The Subconscious Mind, by Paul Rosenberg

  1. Neo is the One's avatar Neo is the One

    It would be fun to participate in a study of what it does to the brain.

    Never used it and was warned early on that it is not what it seems regarding Fakebook.

    Is the lure/pull of the hive that tremendous?

    Subconscious is getting into the believe in absurdities could lead to atrocities level?

    Ignore your own eyes regarding the Party (UNI) and telescreens uber alles, oh my.

    Breaking from Death Valley Girls:

    Gettin’ Hard

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