Socioculture Belief Statements

The world is made up of 2 different groups of people, those that think and those that don't. Our future belongs to those that think. - Clarify Charlie

Attention has become the primary currency of cultural value. What spreads is not what is thoughtful, but what is loud, emotional, or easily consumed. - Half Perfect

Technology is detrimental to our thinking and focus, tempting us "down-the-rabbit-hole" with endlessly scrolling entertainment, while shortening our attention span and making us lazy thinkers. - SilentOne

Ultimately, people suck. Whether interpreted as a whole or as individuals, we're pretty crappy beings. Sure we can find LOTS of examples of good things we do, again collectively and individually, and we have certainly made progress over the decades and centuries, but if nothing else the wasted potential in how much better we could be makes humans a failure IMO. - Average person

Humans are equally corrupt at all levels of power and wealth. The corruption we commonly lament is just because the rich and powerful are able to effect corruption at a greater scale. In other words, corruption/opportunism is merely an almost universal personal trait, not a societally assigned trait. - jdk

We are in no way responsible for the actions of our ancestors, be they glorious or dastardly. This does not mean that compassion for all who have been badly treated is not a great thing. - Thinker

Every human is capable of being and doing good and of being and doing evil. It is how we treat/nurture/educate/work with each that has a major effect on who they become; on how they interaction with their fellow humankind. - Thinker

Sports have connected and brought people together from different cultures, and beliefs and we should continue to use sports as a tool for connection. - leelu

We should boycott using social media. - Explorer

People are having more and more discussions with AI chatbots instead of their friends, colleagues, and family. - jdk