@nesibya.bsky.social
Musings on social movements and revolution, focusing on social concepts and institutions rather than the hero narrative. All wrapped in fantasy/sci-fi.
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"Well-run societies don’t need heroes, and the way to keep terrible impulses in check isn’t to dethrone antiheros and replace them with good people. Unfortunately, most of our storytelling...remains stuck in the hero/antihero narrative." www.scientificamerican.com/blog/observa...
The Real Reason Fans Hate the Last Season of Game of Thrones
It’s not just bad storytelling—it’s because the storytelling style changed from sociological to psychological
www.scientificamerican.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"Well-run societies don’t need heroes, and the way to keep terrible impulses in check isn’t to dethrone antiheros and replace them with good people. Unfortunately, most of our storytelling...remains stuck in the hero/antihero narrative." www.scientificamerican.com/blog/observa...
The second shows a different framing (in ways that might be represented by Game of Thrones, The Wire, and LOST): that a myriad of people had their own values, experiences, and goals that influence their actions (and reactions) in a world shaped by specific institutions and incentives.
April 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The second shows a different framing (in ways that might be represented by Game of Thrones, The Wire, and LOST): that a myriad of people had their own values, experiences, and goals that influence their actions (and reactions) in a world shaped by specific institutions and incentives.
"That’s another part of our rugged individualism and hero culture, the idea that all problems are personal... It’s a framework that eliminates the possibility of deeper, broader change or of holding accountable the powerful who create and benefit from the status quo." lithub.com/rebecca-soln...
Rebecca Solnit: When the Hero is the Problem
For an embodiment of the word singlehanded you might turn to the heroine of the recent movie Woman at War. It’s about an Icelandic eco-saboteur who blows up rural power lines and hides in scenic sp…
lithub.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"That’s another part of our rugged individualism and hero culture, the idea that all problems are personal... It’s a framework that eliminates the possibility of deeper, broader change or of holding accountable the powerful who create and benefit from the status quo." lithub.com/rebecca-soln...
The second shows a different framing (in ways that might be represented by Game of Thrones, The Wire, and LOST): that a myriad of people had their own values, experiences, and goals that influence their actions (and reactions) in a world shaped by specific institutions and incentives.
April 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The second shows a different framing (in ways that might be represented by Game of Thrones, The Wire, and LOST): that a myriad of people had their own values, experiences, and goals that influence their actions (and reactions) in a world shaped by specific institutions and incentives.