The funniest thing about humans is that our lived experience skews every perception. I do x and y and z, therefore, those things are normal. Or I am anti-x and anti-y and anti-z, therefore, I am abnormal. Such and such things happen to me every day, and so everyone experiences similar interactions. There’s been a lot of blue cars in my neighborhood; blue cars must be popular right now.
Use of the internet is a great example. If you’re on social media, that becomes the entire world. All life on planet Earth is focused through that lens. Communities of all kinds do that. The mind focuses on what it’s surrounded by. Everyone’s yakking about that Cool Meme. Everyone.
And you can’t even just expand a sample size. Not if the expansion only ever spreads within a similar audience. Hivemind isn’t some magic effect. It’s just a shared condition of experiences.
I assure you, kids still play outside. Plenty of folks have heard of that historical tidbit. Many people have never seen or heard of John Wick. Whole countries have never heard that latest hot gos scandal.
We are so very much more connected than we have ever been. Sure. But we still have all of our billions of bubbles. Which, honestly? It’s kinda neat.
It means nothing can be assumed. Life is just as chaotic and unexpected as it has always been. And life is just as serene and predictable as it has always been.
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