SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org

@freemo
The US brought on itself a different country going into Iraq to attack our embassy there?

I think if the US sent people to attack a foreign embassy in Mexico or Canada, we'd say that's US responsibility, we'd call it an act of war by the US and expect retaliation.

Maybe we interpret through a blame the US framework, so whether the US initiates or responds, the US is responsible for any bad news?

To circle back, though, I'm not up on the facts of the events, haven't been reading much news this week.
@design_RG

@design_RG
The attack on the US Embassy an act o of war, or the US response to that attack, or both? Not sure if an embassy is foreign soil so attacking it is attacking that foreign country (the US in this case).

Just a wild guess, but perhaps enemies of the US/Trump don't like what Trump did, Trump supporters and Israel don't like what Iran did? That would be boringly predictable.

I haven't checked the news in a few days... Seems it's been eventful. I'm summary... There was an attack on a US embassy in Iraq, Trump branded it the anti-Benghazi and sent in support, no one died, then over the next few days authorized drone or other attacks to kill military leaders of Iran who were not in Iran, but were in Iraq, maybe in connection with this embassy attack. Is that right?

I'm guessing the perpetually exploding talking heads have been exploding, and those who have called every Trump breath a constitutional crisis call this one, and on the other side Trump is hailed as the most heroic hero to every heroically be heroic?

In the book When, The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, author Daniel Pink recommends embracing and building upon the psychological waves of time we are on, such as the feeling of a starting point every new year (and new month and new week, etc.)

So recommendation : embrace January 1 as a fresh start, start implement a new system of action in the right direction. Then do it again on Sunday or Monday as you start the new week.

@iankenway thanks for posting this!

From the piece : "We can no longer come to agreement on what we’re seeing, because we’re looking at different pictures of the world. It’s not just that we have different perspectives on the same events and stories; we’re being shown fundamentally different realities, by algorithms looking to trigger our engagement by any means necessary. The more conflicting the ideas and imagery to which are exposed, the more likely we are to fight over whose is real and whose is fake. We are living in increasingly different and irreconcilable worlds. We have no chance of making sense together. The only thing we have in common is our mutual disorientation and alienation.

We’ve spent the last 10 years as participants in a feedback loop between surveillance technology, predictive algorithms, behavioral manipulation and human activity.“

And

"There is a way out, but it will mean abandoning our fear and contempt for those we have become convinced are our enemies. No one is in charge of this, and no amount of social science or monetary policy can correct for what is ultimately a spiritual deficit."