The unholy union of microblogging and contemporary podcast culture has made it so that people feel entirely comfortable offering public opinions on topics that they barely understand. This reality is made worse by the idea that someone with “an audience” must have a detailed opinion about every intractable geopolitical problem. It does not matter if the person’s audience was garnered via comedy, sports, or fashion, they are expected to have professional public opinions. There are a number of reasons why the increasing societal expectation for everybody to have a public opinion on practically everything is not a positive development for the culture.
An excellent and evergreen piece on why “the discourse” (whatever the topic of the day might be) so often consists of far more heat than light, more vibes than true insight.
An excellent and evergreen piece on why “the discourse” (whatever the topic of the day might be) so often consists of far more heat than light, more vibes than true insight.