• Amju Wolf@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    Well its kinda how people (and society) can even function; we are hardwired to look up to role models, and to herd around people and ideas and whatnot… And that’s not a bad thing, we evolved to do it for a reason.

    It becomes a problem only when you completely stop thinking critically and do stupid shit because of the thing you look up to.

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      1 year ago

      I guess I don’t think these people are role models.

      They are more like personalities that people liked, and then it snowballed and they became famous because people know their names and they become like a brand.

      There are people that dislike mainstream brands, and I think there are people who dislike mainstream influencers also. We are not the same.

      There guys don’t have any wisdom. They are usually self absorbed people who want attention.

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        1 year ago

        You and the person you replied to are both correct. Yet people herded around and followed well known persons through history. Unfortunately people don’t always look up to and choose to follow wise people. Yet the kind of hardwiring the person you replied to mentions is obsolete in my opinion. Never before was information as accesibile as today and ideas (no matter what kind) were exchanged as fast as these days. Critical thinking and the ability to filter through all the informational mess is probably the next evolutionary requirement if we wish to avoid becoming drones in a dystopia.