Tag: cancel culture

As a cognitive scientist, the ultimate subject of Steven Pinker’s fascination is how we think about each other’s thoughts. This process seems infinite and complex. It sounds impossible, yet Steven Pinker shows that we do it constantly. This awareness, which we experience as something public or “out there”, is known as common knowledge.

Norma Jacobs is your average accountant. She runs a book club on Facebook. She lives quietly with her gamer boyfriend in London. Except for one thing. She’s being threatened by a deranged author. She’s also being questioned by the police about attempted murder.

Billionaires, Boris Johnson, big tech monopolies, raging inequality, Russian oligarchs, cancel culture, superyachts, spaceships to Mars, Twitter wars, a potentially devastating global inflation crisis… These may seem like entirely disparate issues, but they are all connected.

As traditional media strategies faltered, 2020 highlighted the growing relevance of social media marketing and the need for businesses to relook customer engagement. Social media usage soared – both in number of users and amount of time spent on social media platforms.