The Reaction Economy
Could have done with being more concise and pointed. But the framing of people like Trump, Tate and Boris being catalysts for creating reaction chains that everyone feeds off of is going to stick with me.<p>The ending is great:<p>&gt; ‘ Forgiveness is unique in being a reaction which breaks the chain, making a fresh start possible. It has been observed, of late, that there is a deficit of forgiveness in ‘cancel culture’ and the reputational attacks that thrive in the reaction economy. But digital platforms are anti-forgiveness machines by design. The broader question is how any of us – but especially children and young people – can become comfortable with our own freedom, our own spontaneity, against the backdrop of surveillance capitalism, which is the real condition of the reaction economy.’<p>It took me a long time to understand the value of forgiveness and come to terms with how horrible people just continue to exist. It almost came with maturity. Will the internet reaction machine mature enough to allow forgiveness?