Reposted by Bilbo Yaga
One of the reasons I despise AI is how it robs imagination twice.
First it steals from creatives and thinkers to make slop. Then it lets users bypass rather than learn a creative process.
The political timing isn’t accidental. We need imagination to envision a better world that we’ll fight for.
![Agents of moral panic
Characterizing the reactions to the mod and rocker conflict, Cohen identified four key agents in moral panics: mass media, moral entrepreneurs, the culture of social control, and the public.[1][8][22]
Media – especially key in the early stage of social reaction, producing "processed or coded images" of deviance and the deviants.[30] This involves three processes:[8]
exaggeration and distortion of who did or said what;
prediction, the dire consequences of failure to act;
symbolization, signifying a person, word, or thing as a threat.
Moral entrepreneurs – individuals and groups who target deviant behavior
Societal control culture – comprises those with institutional power: the police, the courts, and local and national politicians. They are made aware of the nature and extent of the 'threat'; concern is passed up the chain of command to the national level, where control measures are instituted.
The public – these include individuals and groups. They have to decide who and what to believe: in the mod and rocker case, the public initially distrusted media messages, but ultimately believed them.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rbjag77ol7yqto2ph5gxttf2/bafkreigwfugj7usapiziqw6nogagsuzjz4xu473jzuwp7srvy2ivx7usze)
