though, on the other end of the spectrum, i think that the rise of Trump rallies as a mode of in-person engagement for some of the worst, most atomized people in America is underrated as an important driver of his success
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rev. howard arson
one of the things about the Bowling Alone problem and the atomization of American culture is that it has essentially destroyed right-wing paramilitaries alongside everything else
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for peoples behaviors literally change in groups, different type of attentional states and mental coordination happen
and to pivot to a second point, “burned over districts” and how gatherings caused religious awakenings
Hoo boy. He wades right in and analyzes group think from our primate evolution toolkit to game, network, and chaos theory - how it works, downsides and upsides, turning points...
Chewy!
However, ordinary people are quite good at being the worst when motivated.