We so desperately want to believe in shadowy cabals of genius villains pulling all the strings.
One of the harder pills to swallow in the world is that there isn’t anyone “on top.” Nobody is in charge.
Sure there are people with great power and influence, but even the mightiest among them are just people tripping over themselves, having social anxiety, making poorly calculated moves that conflict with others also trying to act like super villains, and basically everyone, everywhere are just people having the same exact human problems and nobody wants to share power with others or be told they’re wrong.
The idea of the Shadow Cabal feels thrilling because it also suggests the opposite is possible, that elite groups of heroes can lead us to a better world and we just have to survive or topple the bad guys.
These ideas are all products of the human need to weave narratives and find our place in complex systems. It’s why conspiracy theories are so addicting to some people.
Yep. Also half those dudes wouldn’t willfully chat with Musk like this. They can’t stand him either.
We so desperately want to believe in shadowy cabals of genius villains pulling all the strings.
One of the harder pills to swallow in the world is that there isn’t anyone “on top.” Nobody is in charge.
Sure there are people with great power and influence, but even the mightiest among them are just people tripping over themselves, having social anxiety, making poorly calculated moves that conflict with others also trying to act like super villains, and basically everyone, everywhere are just people having the same exact human problems and nobody wants to share power with others or be told they’re wrong.
The idea of the Shadow Cabal feels thrilling because it also suggests the opposite is possible, that elite groups of heroes can lead us to a better world and we just have to survive or topple the bad guys.
These ideas are all products of the human need to weave narratives and find our place in complex systems. It’s why conspiracy theories are so addicting to some people.