https://www.socialcooling.com/
Modern Chinese society cooled down when it woke up and found the CCP in control—political reasons.
One could say Japanese society’s cooling period started during the Edo period?, when militarized society entered a centuries-long peace—it stayed cooled thru nationalist & postwar years.
In the West, society is cooling because of tech.
Three societies, three different reasons, same outcome: social cooling.
Great phrase—we needed one to describe this phenomenon.
@22 This article just sold me on the need for more privacy online.
Before I would have said "I can understand how other individuals feel the need to use more secure technology, but I personally don't have all that much to lose from the collection of my data" - I hadn't considered the impact it might have on our society long term
For those of you already aware of & concerned about social cooling, and want to know how to start addressing it, see how close you can get to @staltz’s example—see if you can block internet giants: https://staltz.com/what-happens-when-you-block-internet-giants.html