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Originally Posted by davidsun
Hi 7L - Though clearly benign in its intention, I find such 'spiritual' double-speak (remember Orwell's 'equating' of 'opposites'?) to be truth-obfuscating even as it 'mystically' sooths by stopping (troubling) 'thoughts'
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You want my opinion? Too bad, you're gonna get it anyway... You identified one of the problems with virtual communication and social sharing, one that is really starting to rear it's ugly head in our world. Nobody is on the same page anymore, because nothing we are doing HERE -- in this social media space -- is real. So people can toss out any old mystical statement and call that truth. And what can anybody do about it? And why would anyone need to do anything about it? It's not real anyway.
In the real world, we deal with real questions pertaining to our very real day-to-day situation. And the people involved have to problem-solve, together. That problem-solving allows for a variety of ideas, and allows people to take up certain positions on issues. But ultimately, if the problem is to be resolved, there must be give and take. A compromise must be found.
There is no give and take required when discussing online. There is no compromise necessary. People post their opinion, and stick with that, because there's no reason to change their opinion. There's no real-world issue that's being addressed and/or needing to be resolved. Look at this thread topic for example: it's nothing but an intellectual exercise. As a relevant question, it's as real as "God" suddenly showing up.
This shift from real discussion and interaction, to unreal virtual chit-chat, is something that has happened in the past 15 years. And this change and shift in the realm of human communication and interaction is creating a serious split in society. Thanks mostly to the Internet, it's becoming an unreal fake-news world, populated by individuals who are hardened in their singular, insular view because they don't have to change their opinion. It's just them versus the computer/TV screen. Nobody is there standing in front of them to challenge them, and look them in the eye, and say, "Um, that answer is a cop-out, sorry."