- [[{3.2} we're living in a doppelganger culture where we act as other to people's beliefs|doppelganger culture]] has developed such that we exist in contrast and opposition to each other. - there is this world and [[{3.2a1} the mirror world is where people end up when their views are too extreme or fringe for traditional social media|the mirror world]]; us and them; you and not-you. - this distorts our perspective of one another → their very presence is conflict. - “the other side” of any given hot debate is no longer just a disagreeable position. - we seem to have fundamental polarized differences in how we perceive and process the world. - worse, those differences are antagonistic to each other. - the chasm between our viewpoints has become so massive that we not only disagree on the “right way” to interpret the world – we are all convinced that the others aren’t living in the real world at all. - [[{3.2a3} overton window is shifting left and right]] - [[2026-08-03]] maybe this is because [[{3.2b} your online presence is a doppelganger]] + [[{3.2b1c2} extractive culture makes us think we don't owe each other anything|extractive culture]]… - there’s a feeling that everyone is fake and scamming you – because a lot of people are! - maybe it’s the inability to fully [[{1.2a1a3} digital embodiment requires writing yourself into being|articulate]] ourselves – and so the inability to fully understand each other – mixed with a culture that seems increasingly like it’s trying to get one over on you.