I was reading the other day and I loved a quote from the book saying A leader is a dreamer. Fits extremely well with what you said about the most creative individuals being the ones who get people to follow. Creativity is a prerequisite for success. Drive and ambition are also necessary. And you can never get too comfy. A bit of fire under our ass always keeps us on the edge. Even if we have to create that feeling, we better have it. When we settle in comfort zone then all the procrastination starts. Never be too comfortable... That is what I think.
It isn't too hard in this life, but sometimes I think that we are too good at getting comfortable, so we get comfortable in constantly degrading conditions - which is how social media has gone from connecting people to being an engine of control and oppression - and we accept it.
I think social media has gone into whatever has gone as a result of people using it in the first place. It might be a reflection of the users. Is it the platform to blame or the users?
I'd say both since it is a co-creation process. Sort of like how nazi Germany came go be: Hitler talks, and upon seeing a positive reaction he puts more gas into the fire, reflecting back what the crowd wanted in an ever strengthening feedback loop. Hitler was like the mirror of the collective unconscious.
I guess now the mirror is reflecting back our desire to give up control over our lives for the sake of convenience and entertainment.
Yes. Hitler wouldn't have been possible without the demand for his views. We can blame him, but that isn't the case at all - in another set of social conditions, that same group that followed him, would have rejected him instead.
This is why there has to be pushback - we are repeating history.
I agree that the platform reflects the users' behaviour. So until people do not change their consuming habits regarding social media, entertainment, the platform will remain at the same level as their consumers. Demand more and you will receive more. Demand quality and you will receive that. Demand crap and you'll get that too. The same works with violence. Those who instigate towards violence end up being caught in the violence they once asked upon. The laws of Universe are.... universal
users of course, it is a buying decision. Supply follows demand and a company is driven by making profits, not from the good it can do. They leverage the decisions we make to increase their values, not ours - it is up to us to change what we demand.
So until the users don't change, the platform will be what it will be.
All platforms, all companies, all governments.