{"id":709,"date":"2023-01-21T14:07:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T14:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/?p=709"},"modified":"2023-01-21T14:07:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T14:07:06","slug":"distress-sail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/21\/distress-sail\/","title":{"rendered":"Distress Sail!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apparently, there is ”\u00a0Wisdom of the Crowds<\/b>\u00a0“..”\u00a0A Collective Bias<\/b> “.<\/p>\n

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Though not sure with wisdom<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0bias<\/b>– can the twain meet?<\/p>\n

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Since decades,\u00a0marketers\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0politicians<\/b>\u00a0have been working to exaggerate\u00a0cultural distress<\/b>, a\u00a0hack<\/b>\u00a0on our emotions.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Mind you, it’s not about the\u00a0emotional distress<\/b>\u00a0of not having a\u00a0roof<\/b>, or not being able to care for your\u00a0kids\u00a0<\/b>or deal with\u00a0trauma<\/b>..<\/div>\n
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..but the\u00a0manufactured cultural distress<\/b>\u00a0of ‘\u00a0modern advanced societies<\/b> ‘.<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Like the\u00a0invented shame\u00a0<\/b>of not having the\u00a0latest smartphone<\/b>\u00a0or a\u00a0new suit<\/b>\u00a0for the party..<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s the\u00a0dissatisfaction<\/b>\u00a0of knowing that something \u2018better\u2019 is available, and the\u00a0invented discontent\u00a0<\/b>that comes from the\u00a0peer pressure<\/b> of being left out or left behind.<\/div>\n
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A vocabulary called\u00a0FOMO(Fear of Missing Out) –\u00a0<\/b>like the\u00a0social shame\u00a0<\/b>of not having enough\u00a0presence on\u00a0social media<\/b>..<\/div>\n
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or the FOMO<\/b>\u00a0that watching other people presenting nothing but\u00a0happiness<\/b>\u00a0online can create..<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Fear of this sort of\u00a0cultural distress<\/b> pushes us to simply spend money to avoid it..Making a\u00a0budget<\/b>\u00a0is hard,\u00a0paying for not making one is easy.<\/b><\/div>\n
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It turns out that selling an easy and convenient way to avoid\u00a0social pain <\/b>is a nearly\u00a0boundless formula<\/strong> for corporate growth..<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
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We\u00a0humans\u00a0<\/b>are always going to find moments of\u00a0cultural distress<\/b>, and it\u2019s up to each of us to decide\u00a0what to trade<\/b> (in the short run and the long run) to deal with it.<\/div>\n
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Perhaps it makes sense simply to\u00a0acknowledge<\/b>\u00a0that it\u2019s\u00a0present<\/b>. That would be a good starting point, isn’t it?<\/div>\n
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People like us do things like this<\/span><\/em>..ready, steady..set sail<\/i>!<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Apparently, there is ”\u00a0Wisdom of the Crowds\u00a0“..”\u00a0A Collective Bias “.   Though not sure with wisdom\u00a0and\u00a0bias– can the twain meet?   Since decades,\u00a0marketers\u00a0and\u00a0politicians\u00a0have been working to exaggerate\u00a0cultural distress, a\u00a0hack\u00a0on our emotions.   Mind you, it’s not about the\u00a0emotional distress\u00a0of not having a\u00a0roof, or not being able to care for your\u00a0kids\u00a0or deal with\u00a0trauma.. ..but the\u00a0manufactured cultural … Continue reading “Distress Sail!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1445,664,1455,497,514,87,13,1454,1456,1458,1457,132,16,124],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bias","tag-consumers","tag-corporate-growth","tag-culture","tag-distress","tag-fomo","tag-marketers","tag-modern-societies","tag-online-presence","tag-politicians","tag-shame","tag-smartphone","tag-social-media","tag-wisdom"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t