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Mass Brain Damage

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Mass Mind Brain Damage

Not just personal brain damage, not just one individual brain damage.

Brain damage of entire groups, mass mind brain damage. Mass man brain damage.

Reference:

  1. “The Galaxy Reconfigured or the Plight of Mass Man in an Individualist Society” - Marshall McLuhan, University of Toronto

  2. "Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century" - Howard Bloom, New York City

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United States of America "meme life" society unable to recall basic facts and remember anything from year 2024 or earlier. Mass Brain Damage from Twitter / Elon Musk X and social machine usage (lemm.ee)
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Mass Mind Brain Damage

Not just personal brain damage, not just one individual brain damage.

Brain damage of entire groups, mass mind brain damage. Mass man brain damage.

Reference:

  1. “The Galaxy Reconfigured or the Plight of Mass Man in an Individualist Society” - Marshall McLuhan

  2. "Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century" - Howard Bloom

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

She wrote me a personal response by email to apologize, published my response in the paper, and published a retraction of her editorial.

I'm sure she'd do the same today. The Internet has made us all so much better at engaging in constructive dialogue.