Post #1479469
2026-01-04 14:10 UTC
@anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz @netopwibby@social.coop Let's consider your diagnosis is correct, and we are experiencing an epidemic of learned helplessness, and that's the thing that gets in the way of the improvements you would want to see.
Learned helplessness is a medical condition which has causes and treatments.
If you want to see the progress that is blocked by learned helplessness you need to eradicate the causes of it and promote treatments. :abunhd:
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@anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz 2026-01-04 14:34
@bunny I understand your point of view, and I again think that alternative platforms can and should keep improving. but, realize that the treatment for learned helplessness is psychological counseling and introspection. Which is for example setting reasonable goals, like buying an open-friendly phone instead of yet another iphone/samsung, or moving to fedi instead of yet another corp social media. As much as I don't want to sound dismissive: Not every problem is someone else's problem.