A few years ago I shifted my Twitter contributions away from chronicling the problems societies face, from…

A few years ago I shifted my Twitter contributions away from chronicling the problems societies face, from vomiting ignored facts into the void. Towards what seemed a more useful task, of understanding why nothing is done to fix the problems. That was unpopular. /1

Largely I suspect because problems are what energise the team sport daily battles we see on these platforms. It’s a symbiotic relationship. Crazily, the problems are the fuel for the continued posting. People don’t actually want them to go away. /2

We don’t want to see ourselves as part of the problems we post about. As what helps sustain them. We want there to be a small handful of baddies that we can attack, righteously. /3

People who follow me know that I think all human behaviour is social, and that societies are not economies, nor any of the -isms (not capitalism, socialism etc.). The same quite simple social behaviour explains all of it. Politics, personal and professional life. The lot. /4

I won’t rehash what that simple social behaviour is here again now. I have lots of posts and threads on that already. These platforms dramatically escalate core parts of these behaviours. They’re social heroin. We’re like moths to a flame. /5

Do you really want problems to be solved? Here’s a tip. Start by focusing on the problem, and away from which social team you’re on, and which teams your team opposes. That’s an irrelevant distraction, an unnecessary detour, to process anything through team sports. /end