Go EGO. 🤷‍♂️ 😎

#narzismus #narcicism #ego #therapy #therapie

The demonization of people with #narcicism needs to stop.
Narcicists are not inherently abusive or manipulative. They are by definion self absorbed, they have trouble considering the needs and feelings of others but all of these things can be worked on. Manipulative/abusive behaviors are learned and within heirarchal/ competive structures they are rewarded. We can build an alternative culture based on cooperation that shuns callouse disregard for others. The best way to deal with narcicists is by not enabling toxic behavior: dont be a sycophant, keep your friends humble but allow them the freedom to love and take pride in themselves and their abilities.

The problem ain't narcicism, the problem is hurtful behavior and heiravhal syructures. Don't tolerate cults of personality, or gossip/rumour mongering, or cliques. Cinfront people when they lie or but also give them an opening.

While narcicists are resistant to criticism and have a tendency to rationalize/justify their actions they also care deeply about the opinions of others and their pride may give them a deep comittment to principle and the courage to undertake risky endeavors.

Sometimes its necessary to cut people off but that should never be our first reaction.

Human beings have value god dammit

"we kunnen ook uitgaan van wat we zien ipv wat u zegt".
Huisarts tegen mijn moeder. Ik vind dat 'life saving', als je dat kunt zeggen in een situatie waarin iemand onherroepelijk snel dood gaat.
#narcicism #narcisme #andereblik

Thoughts about how information flows on #Mastodon compared to the nonfederated, corporately owned social media platforms. For example, #twitter #facebook.

How would mastodon compare to Twitter, in regard to the types of information that spread on social media (e.g., going "viral") - during the outbreak of a novel virus that is infecting humans?

During a viral pandemic, the source of more reliable information is obviously the people that have been studying viruses and the spread of pathogens - as part of their everyday Job description. For instance, virologists and epidemiologists. Unfortunately, as we witnessed during the #SarsCoV2 outbreak - there are many arrogant people who believe they know more than they do, regardless of the subject. Ignorant arrogant types of personalities - have a habit of instinctively being motivated to share their unqualified opinions on social media (& get annoyed by toots like this one - that detail the evident facts about some human’s, poor quality, social media behavior)

A person only experiences this if they're qualified in a scientific subject - because then you perceive the level of ignorance. Those who aren't qualified (or "well-read" on the subject) - don't perceive that ignorance because they're part of it (within the social echo chamber of misinformation).

And then there are the social media users that are politically motivated, in other words, social gossip, rather than scientifically motivated (the average person in many cultures). They may or may not be informed about some subject, but, due to their personal agendas are either implicitly or intentionally spreading disinformation.

The fossil fuel industry and biased folk that, for example, like their fuel-burning lifestyles (e.g., cars, trucks, etc) - are typical examples of the people that intentionally spread disinformation about climate change and reject the ideas to mitigate climate change (the naysayers & the what about problems? - rather than promoting climate solutions).

So, we know that mastodon is different in that it's not owned by a corporation (though it is regulated by the instance admins) and does not use algorithms to promote toots. Would mastodon be a more reliable source of information during a novel viral outbreak that had a high mortality rate? (Better to ask these questions now rather than later) Because, due to the levels of ecological degradation that humans are causing - those pathogen outbreaks are increasing.
"Our Risk For Infectious Diseases Is Increasing Because of Climate Change" https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/what-we-do/climate-change-and-infectious-diseases/index.html

#fediverse #software #SocialMedia #climate #ClimateChange
#science #virology #virologists #epidemology #epidemiologists #InfectiousDiseases #COVID #virus #fungi #bacteria #ZoonoticInfectious #disease #mosquitoes #ticks
#laypeople #politics #ignorance #ConfirmationBias #misinfromation
#narcicism #disinformation #corruption

Thoughts about how information flows on #Mastodon compared to the nonfederated, corporately owned social media platforms. For example, #twitter #facebook.

How would mastodon compare to Twitter, in regard to the types of information that spread on social media (e.g., going "viral") - during the outbreak of a novel virus that is infecting humans?

During a viral pandemic, the source of more reliable information is obviously the people that have been studying viruses and the spread of pathogens - as part of their everyday Job description. For instance, virologists and epidemiologists. Unfortunately, as we witnessed during the #SarsCoV2 outbreak - there are many arrogant people who believe they know more than they do, regardless of the subject. Ignorant arrogant types of personalities - have a habit of instinctively being motivated to share their unqualified opinions on social media (& get annoyed by toots like this one - that detail the evident facts about some human’s, poor quality, social media behavior)

A person only experiences this if they're qualified in a scientific subject - because then you perceive the level of ignorance. Those who aren't qualified (or "well-read" on the subject) - don't perceive that ignorance because they're part of it (within the social echo chamber of misinformation).

And then there are the social media users that are politically motivated, in other words, social gossip, rather than scientifically motivated (the average person in many cultures). They may or may not be informed about some subject, but, due to their personal agendas are either implicitly or intentionally spreading disinformation.

The fossil fuel industry and biased folk that, for example, like their fuel-burning lifestyles (e.g., cars, trucks, etc) - are typical examples of the people that intentionally spread disinformation about climate change and reject the ideas to mitigate climate change (the naysayers & the what about problems? - rather than promoting climate solutions).

So, we know that mastodon is different in that it's not owned by a corporation (though it is regulated by the instance admins) and does not use algorithms to promote toots. Would mastodon be a more reliable source of information during a novel viral outbreak that had a high mortality rate? (Better to ask these questions now rather than later) Because, due to the levels of ecological degradation that humans are causing - those pathogen outbreaks are increasing.
"Our Risk For Infectious Diseases Is Increasing Because of Climate Change" https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/what-we-do/climate-change-and-infectious-diseases/index.html

#fediverse #software #SocialMedia #climate #ClimateChange
#science #virology #virologists #epidemology #epidemiologists #InfectiousDiseases #COVID #virus #fungi #bateria #ZoonoticInfectious #disease #mosquitoes #ticks
#laypeople #politics #ignorance #ConfirmationBias #misinfromation
#narcicism #disinformation #corruption