thoughtjunkie

Authoritarianism and group-think are two of the biggest obstacles to justice and human compassion, today.

Here's a great example of mob mentality fueled by the dangerously unstable and possibly syphilitic minds at Fox.


(found at huffpo)

Yeah. Fuck that.

I just watched a somewhat convincing TED talk on games as a positive force in the world (http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html) and now want to write a game about the morality and mob mentality vs. cooperation. Alas I have no computer skillz. Games seem the ideal platform for such a tale, since it's all about the decisions a person has the courage to make in the face of everyone else saying they're wrong: if someone reads a mob-mentality story, it's easier to say, "I wouldn't react that way if *I* were there." Then, when an actual situation arises, they just go along with the group.

The same is true for games, but if someone is actually making the decisions, the lesson is much more influential.

Also, I like games.