Why We Forget That Most People Are Good - written by MARK MANSON

[BootinUp]

It seems everyone thinks the world is full of terrible, horrible, no good, very bad people.

And sure, while you’ll find your share of jerkholes everywhere you go, I think a lot of this way, way overblown. People are mostly good, even if we all have the capacity to be shitty to one another sometimes.

But I think there are a few things about modern society that make us especially prone to think that we’re all surrounded by assholes all the time.

Let me explain.

ONE BAD APPLE SPOILS THE WHOLE BARREL
I imagine if you measured it, you’d find that the more time people spend online, the more cynical they become. People who are online all day, every day, likely believe humanity is one giant festering shitpool, while people who actually, you know, go outside and do things probably think most people are A-OK.

continued https://markmanson.net/most-people-are-good

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I didn't write this, but he makes some good points.

[enki23]

1. Nazi atrocities happened

Just for the most obvious example. And they happened in a nation where, out in public, most people would have seemed "A-OK." I've come to believe that how people are in the internet is actually a better view of how they are capable of being than how they appear when their actions carry more personal risk.

The same applies to how they vote. That's a better view of who they really are, of how willing they are to hurt people with little or no perceived risk to themselves.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. Man, who gives a shit what these stupid, elitist 'go outside and do things' people think! (nt)

[BootinUp]

3. you have to read it farther than that

for goodness sakes! lol

[Hugh_Lebowski]

4. Jeez of all people you should know my sense of humor by now ;) (nt)

[cilla4progress]

5. I am finding in my daily encounters

people are exceedingly friendly and even jokey!

I wonder if it's a boomerang effect from the isolation of covid?

[OldBaldy1701E]

6. All I can say is that if you lived where I do

That article might make more sense. And, none of my experiences were online.