[ExI] outrage

[William Flynn Wallace]

 two big trends that are really great (IMO) is the overall global decline
in poverty and violence. They simply didn't think either was true and
thought things were getting worse on all fronts -- save for technology.
(They were both technological optimists, but otherwise seemed pessimistic,
which puzzled me.)  dan

I hate to call it a phobia but I lack another term.  A form of superstition
as well.  I refer to people's fear of predicting anything good.  If someone
does, someone else will react and knock on wood or some other
'preventative'.

Then too there is the media effect:  mostly bad news gets reported, as we
all know. This skews perceptions of overall good versus bad.  Good news
today consists of kitten videos and the like.  Very solid effect:  good
things are not nearly so good as bad things are bad.  Fear trumps
everything (intended).

But maybe not.  Addicted gamblers seem to be opposite in this - less fear
of losing than thrill of winning.'

bill w

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 2:52 AM, Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:

> On 2016-06-17 04:53, Dan TheBookMan wrote:
>
> On Jun 16, 2016, at 8:31 PM, Adrian Tymes < <atymes at gmail.com>
> atymes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Are there ways to measure and quantize outrage?  What are the units of
> measurement of outrage?
>
>
> I don't know, but if no one knows then how can we seriously talk about
> outrage being on the rise now?
>
>
> Personal experience is fallible, but it is still data. Another source of
> data is observable actions: current student protests against too free
> expression on campus, did they occur in the 80s or 90s? How many riots were
> triggered in different decades by foreign news? How many lawsuits over
> emotional distress?
>
> I think that can be used to measure outrage. We may also run sentiment
> analysis on newspaper editorials and letters to the editor.
>
>
> --
> Dr Anders Sandberg
> Future of Humanity Institute
> Oxford Martin School
> Oxford University
>
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