#disillusionment — Public Fediverse posts

As inherited stories about progress and protection loosen, freedom can feel oddly thin on its own. Frankl points to what completes it.

Responsibility isn’t punishment or pressure. It’s what becomes possible when agency returns to human scale — practiced with others, in real conditions.

Full reflection for this week here: https://emotus.substack.com/p/when-we-stop-pretending-part-i

#WhenWeStopPretending #Disillusionment #Agency #RelationalInfrastructure #ViktorFrankl

That initial jolt when something true breaks through can feel unsettling. But it often tells a longer story — about how much effort went into maintaining what no longer fits.

Disillusionment isn’t a personal failure. It’s a collective threshold many are crossing right now, often without much language for it.

Full reflection for this week here: https://emotus.substack.com/p/when-we-stop-pretending-part-i

#WhenWeStopPretending #Disillusionment #SystemsLiteracy #DonaldJames

#alphabetchallenge #bookchallenge L is for The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle #fantasy #peterbeagle #LoveAndLoss #immortality #mortality #magic #disillusionment #LyricalFiction #PowerOfStorytelling #booksky #booktok #bookstagram #ttrpgpodcast #gamemastersbookclub https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc

#alphabetchallenge #bookchallenge L is for The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle #fantasy #peterbeagle #LoveAndLoss #immortality #mortality #magic #disillusionment #LyricalFiction #PowerOfStorytelling #booksky #booktok #bookstagram #ttrpgpodcast #gamemastersbookclub https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc

#alphabetchallenge #bookchallenge L is for The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle #fantasy #peterbeagle #LoveAndLoss #immortality #mortality #magic #disillusionment #LyricalFiction #PowerOfStorytelling #booksky #booktok #bookstagram #ttrpgpodcast #gamemastersbookclub https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc

#alphabetchallenge #bookchallenge L is for The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle #fantasy #peterbeagle #LoveAndLoss #immortality #mortality #magic #disillusionment #LyricalFiction #PowerOfStorytelling #booksky #booktok #bookstagram #ttrpgpodcast #gamemastersbookclub https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc

[en] How political conspiracy theories start and spread, and why people believe them

Some systematic background to #conspiracy theories or "#conspiracisms" (Prof. Tyson).

"I think now we’re just well past the point of no return," says Tyson, who teaches an undergraduate class on conspiracy theories ...

"Conspiracy theories thrive especially in environments where #uncertainty, ſfear, or #distrust are rampant ..."

https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/how-do-conspiracy-theories-work-explainer-653052/

#conspiratorial #disinformation #disillusionment #secrecy #suspicion #confirmationbias #illusorypatternperception #uor #universityofrochester

[en] How political conspiracy theories start and spread, and why people believe them

Some systematic background to #conspiracy theories or "#conspiracisms" (Prof. Tyson).

"I think now we’re just well past the point of no return," says Tyson, who teaches an undergraduate class on conspiracy theories ...

"Conspiracy theories thrive especially in environments where #uncertainty, ſfear, or #distrust are rampant ..."

https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/how-do-conspiracy-theories-work-explainer-653052/

#conspiratorial #disinformation #disillusionment #secrecy #suspicion #confirmationbias #illusorypatternperception #uor #universityofrochester

[en] How political conspiracy theories start and spread, and why people believe them

Some systematic background to #conspiracy theories or "#conspiracisms" (Prof. Tyson).

"I think now we’re just well past the point of no return," says Tyson, who teaches an undergraduate class on conspiracy theories ...

"Conspiracy theories thrive especially in environments where #uncertainty, ſfear, or #distrust are rampant ..."

https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/how-do-conspiracy-theories-work-explainer-653052/

#conspiratorial #disinformation #disillusionment #secrecy #suspicion #confirmationbias #illusorypatternperception #uor #universityofrochester

[en] How political conspiracy theories start and spread, and why people believe them

Some systematic background to #conspiracy theories or "#conspiracisms" (Prof. Tyson).

"I think now we’re just well past the point of no return," says Tyson, who teaches an undergraduate class on conspiracy theories ...

"Conspiracy theories thrive especially in environments where #uncertainty, ſfear, or #distrust are rampant ..."

https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/how-do-conspiracy-theories-work-explainer-653052/

#conspiratorial #disinformation #disillusionment #secrecy #suspicion #confirmationbias #illusorypatternperception #uor #universityofrochester

[en] How political conspiracy theories start and spread, and why people believe them

Some systematic background to #conspiracy theories or "#conspiracisms" (Prof. Tyson).

"I think now we’re just well past the point of no return," says Tyson, who teaches an undergraduate class on conspiracy theories ...

"Conspiracy theories thrive especially in environments where #uncertainty, ſfear, or #distrust are rampant ..."

https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/how-do-conspiracy-theories-work-explainer-653052/

#conspiratorial #disinformation #disillusionment #secrecy #suspicion #confirmationbias #illusorypatternperception #uor #universityofrochester

Susie Madrak highlights Harvard polling expert John Della Volpe's alarming findings on young men's shifting sentiments towards Trump. Once enthusiastic supporters, ages 18 to 29, now voice disillusionment, questioning the benefits of his presidency. This demographic, crucial to Trump's past victories, feels let down by unmet expectations on economic promises. Discover more about this pivotal shift in perception. Read more: https://crooksandliars.com/2025/07/light-dawns-young-trump-voters-know-they #TrumpSupport #YoungVoters #PollingInsights #Disillusionment #Politics

I am driven by my emotions.

"Our opinions generally have emotional rather than intellectual roots, and indeed rationality largely functions as a post hoc justification. Our political opinions, ultimately, are what we feel about the world, not what we think about it. And in turn, our opinions about particular events have a lot to do with how we feel about the world in general. It’s not an exaggeration to say that most people’s views about the kind of things that happen today are extensions of concerns of their own ego. And consequently, invitations to change their minds because new facts emerge, or because old ideas are discredited by new evidence, are in fact a threat to the strength and even survival of that ego."

"But few people, especially those who have received a decent education, want to acknowledge that their views are based on emotion and not reason. They therefore try to argue".

https://aurelien2022.substack.com/p/another-country

@histodons @psychology @socialpsych @ukraine @israel

#disillusionment #disgust #power #leadership #traitors #personalSafety #feelings #emotions #indignation #moralBeauty #beauty #values #principles #morals #debate #rationality #faith #beliefs #USWars #lawAndOrder #ruleOfLaw #internationalLaw #CambridgeSpies #Cambridge #spies #ColdWar #psychology #Stalin #cult #personalityCult #hagiography #history #ruthlessness #proZionism #WeStandWithIsrael #StandWithIsrael #masculinity #longRead #geopolitics #Zelensky #Ukraine

7. #Disillusionment & #Burnout
"Watching the emperor wear no clothes."
"The dot-com bubble bursting again."
"Losing the idealism that more tech will transform the world for the better."
"Being in a crucible."

8. #Creativity & #ProblemSolving
"Building a plane while flying it."
"Discovering a new continent."
"Fixing a sinking boat while other fixers are leaving it."
"Finding your way out of the jungle."
"Designing the tread on the boot that'll be stamping on my face forever."

4/6

»#Gartner predicts #AIagents will transform #work, but #disillusionment is growing.« https://venturebeat.com/ai/gartner-predicts-ai-agents-will-transform-work-but-disillusionment-is-growing/?eicker.news #tech #media

There Will Come Soft Rains

There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;

And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white,

Robins will wear their feathery fire
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;

And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done.

Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree
If mankind perished utterly;

And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,
Would scarcely know that we were gone.

I don't think it's just GenZ. It seems like everyone who hasn't managed to find someone on them, hates them. Maybe it's a reflection of who's available in society?

#dating #datingapps #disillusionment #GenZ

Gen Z Is Leaving Dating Apps Behind | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/end-of-dating-apps/

I know that there are no Canadian parties that even come close to #representing my #views. Perhaps you feel the same, and think that makes you a #freak, or so far away from the median that you can't reveal your actual views.

You're not a freak. 96% of the #political #landscape has no Canadian party representing it at all.

I think this is why so many people - a large #majority, I think - suffer from #political #disillusionment in #Canada.

12/x

I know that there are no Canadian parties that even come close to #representing my #views. Perhaps you feel the same, and think that makes you a #freak, or so far away from the median that you can't reveal your actual views.

You're not a freak. 96% of the #political #landscape has no Canadian party representing it at all.

I think this is why so many people - a large #majority, I think - suffer from #political #disillusionment in #Canada.

12/x

I know that there are no Canadian parties that even come close to #representing my #views. Perhaps you feel the same, and think that makes you a #freak, or so far away from the median that you can't reveal your actual views.

You're not a freak. 96% of the #political #landscape has no Canadian party representing it at all.

I think this is why so many people - a large #majority, I think - suffer from #political #disillusionment in #Canada.

12/x

I know that there are no Canadian parties that even come close to #representing my #views. Perhaps you feel the same, and think that makes you a #freak, or so far away from the median that you can't reveal your actual views.

You're not a freak. 96% of the #political #landscape has no Canadian party representing it at all.

I think this is why so many people - a large #majority, I think - suffer from #political #disillusionment in #Canada.

12/x

I know that there are no Canadian parties that even come close to #representing my #views. Perhaps you feel the same, and think that makes you a #freak, or so far away from the median that you can't reveal your actual views.

You're not a freak. 96% of the #political #landscape has no Canadian party representing it at all.

I think this is why so many people - a large #majority, I think - suffer from #political #disillusionment in #Canada.

12/x

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Devin Townsend Talks Music Industry Disillusionment: The Illusion Was Shattered So Quickly
"I had always perceived the nature of music to be rooted in something beyond people, divine in a way."

https://www.metalsucks.net/2023/08/22/devin-townsend-talks-music-industry-disillusionment-the-illusion-was-shattered-so-quickly/

#devinTownsend #musicIndustry #disillusionment #illusion #shattered #artistPerspective #hope #communityConnection

A shadow of growing despotism lurks over Turkey’s elections

#Erdogan's sagging popularity ahead of Turkey’s #May 14 #elections attests to many Turks’ #disillusionment with the highly #personalized #autocracy Mr. Erdogan has constructed, built on #repression, the #subjugation of dissenting views and once-independent institutions, and a deepening #contempt for human rights and democratic norms.

Mr. Erdogan’s colossal #mismanagement of Turkey’s economy, one of the world’s 20 biggest, has eroded living standards, decimated the #Turkish lira’s value and sent #inflation soaring.

Little wonder so many Turks are angry; his opponent, a colorless former bureaucrat, leads in the polls.

The elections are also a test of the capacity of democratic elections to throw off the yoke of his increasingly one-man rule in a country of 85 million people.

The stakes could hardly be higher, first and foremost for Turks themselves, who might justifiably worry that #authoritarianism would yield to dictatorship if Mr. Erdogan won another term, but also for Washington and its European allies

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/04/turkey-election-erdogan-authoritarianism/

On the #hypecycle journey, it looks like the #metaverse is in the Trough of #Disillusionment now.

The Drum | The Metaverse Hype Crash Is The Best Thing To Happen To Web3 https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2023/03/28/the-metaverse-hype-crash-the-best-thing-happen-web3