It's hard to understand the importance of keeping something invisible when we are attached to what is visible and directly in front of us.
It's like attempting to look at the negative space between news aggregator headlines and asking, "what am I not going to read here, no matter how much I read?"
Maybe the act of making something visible in the context of social viewing will become culturally inexcusable in more circles. It would be the ability of people to get offended at being shared by someone else, which is not perceived as a big deal yet, and a taboo developing that forces people to reconsider at every potential share if they will offend someone. If that doesn't happen, then this will continue for some time. It's a cultural problem.
It's sad that selective ignorance feels like a necessary virtue at times when being curious about the world is commonly taught. In effect, "the world" is what we're tempted to be interested in by nature and curiosity is a highly exploitable resource.
It's like attempting to look at the negative space between news aggregator headlines and asking, "what am I not going to read here, no matter how much I read?"
Maybe the act of making something visible in the context of social viewing will become culturally inexcusable in more circles. It would be the ability of people to get offended at being shared by someone else, which is not perceived as a big deal yet, and a taboo developing that forces people to reconsider at every potential share if they will offend someone. If that doesn't happen, then this will continue for some time. It's a cultural problem.
It's sad that selective ignorance feels like a necessary virtue at times when being curious about the world is commonly taught. In effect, "the world" is what we're tempted to be interested in by nature and curiosity is a highly exploitable resource.