> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Narcissism Epidemic Spreads Among College Students
>
> Thus spake Douglas Roberts circa 10-03-23 03:08 PM:
> > So, the suggestion is that If you have a Facebook account, you got it
> > because you are a narcissist. Sounds a bit ... simplistic to me.
>
> Oh no, that suggestion wouldn't come from me! [grin] I defended
> facebook users from Nick's accusation of narcissism, which he then
> admitted might have been over the top, if I recall correctly.
>
> But I do think there's something interesting, here. Our "information
> society" does one thing very well. It allows us to more completely
> ignore opinions we don't want to hear. If I don't like what's printed
> in the New York Times, I can read the Houston Chronicle. If I don't
> like what's on the NBC nightly news, I can listen to NPR. If I don't
> have any local victims for the nonsense I want to spout about
> "complexity", I can join a mailing list based in Santa Fe and annoy
> them. If I want to spout racist opinions and I get shouted down at the
> local pub, I can go home and log into an Aryan Nation website to hang
> out with my clique.
>
> I think this might be related to a hypothetical increase in narcissism.
>
> I could speculate that an increased narcissism is just one symptom in a
> hundred of them caused by multidimensional hyper-connectivity.
>
> --
> glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095,
http://agent-based-modeling.com
>
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