Very insightful post; unsurprisingly, I think that it would be great to #accelerate this process and resign to living with dignity for a while.
May I suggest a reading of “When Prophecy Fails”? It’s about the aftermath of the putative apocalypse among a group of UFO cultists. Many of the phenomena observed (closing of the ranks, goalpost logistics, tactical splits) will look uncannily familiar to anyone who’s been following the reactions to the current, surprisingly slow-mo Fast Takeoff. It is the book where the term “cognitive dissonance” was originally introduced, and in general one of the best embedded ethnographical work I have had the pleasure to read.
Oh yeah! My father would talk a lot about that book. And yeah, I think something like it could be very pertinent here. It does keep coming to mind for me.
Very insightful post; unsurprisingly, I think that it would be great to #accelerate this process and resign to living with dignity for a while.
May I suggest a reading of “When Prophecy Fails”? It’s about the aftermath of the putative apocalypse among a group of UFO cultists. Many of the phenomena observed (closing of the ranks, goalpost logistics, tactical splits) will look uncannily familiar to anyone who’s been following the reactions to the current, surprisingly slow-mo Fast Takeoff. It is the book where the term “cognitive dissonance” was originally introduced, and in general one of the best embedded ethnographical work I have had the pleasure to read.
Oh yeah! My father would talk a lot about that book. And yeah, I think something like it could be very pertinent here. It does keep coming to mind for me.