All the more reason to get to know your neighbours - literally - to feel the actual pulse. Local Facebook groups are helpful and the app “Eh” as well. In Ontario, the volunteer group Ontario Corps is building a base of volunteers for emergencies. And I think the federal government is getting the “citizen army” set up.
All the more reason to get to know your neighbours - literally - to feel the actual pulse. Local Facebook groups are helpful and the app “Eh” as well. In Ontario, the volunteer group Ontario Corps is building a base of volunteers for emergencies. And I think the federal government is getting the “citizen army” set up.
That’s exactly the counterweight to all this.
Real community.
Not algorithmic community.
Not manufactured outrage.
Not synthetic consensus.
Actual neighbours talking to each other again.
Because one of the biggest dangers of these AI outrage ecosystems
is they slowly replace lived reality with perceived reality.
People start believing...
“Everybody thinks this.”
“Everybody’s furious.”
“Everybody wants separation.”
Meanwhile most Canadians are still just trying to build decent lives,
help each other out, and keep the country functioning.
The more disconnected people become physically,
the easier they are to manipulate digitally.
That’s why local groups, volunteer networks, and real-world community
matter more now than most people realize.
Very scary stuff, Fred.