Psychologists call it "compassion fatigue." But that’s too gentle. It is actually moral numbing .
Popular media is not going to save itself. The algorithms are not going to promote kindness. But the audience still has one veto: Your attention. Asshole Overload -Private Society- 2024 XXX 720...
In the golden age of cinema, the villain wore a black hat. In the early days of reality TV, the “villain” was an edit—a carefully constructed foil to the hero next door. Today, if you scroll through your feed for more than thirty seconds, you aren’t watching a story about good versus evil. You are witnessing a phenomenon that sociologists are reluctantly beginning to call Psychologists call it "compassion fatigue
Let’s clear the air. The word "asshole" here is a clinical term (borrowed from philosopher Aaron James’s Assholes: A Theory ). An asshole, in this context, is someone who systematically allows themselves to enjoy special advantages and does so with an entrenched sense of entitlement. They are immune to the complaints of others. The algorithms are not going to promote kindness