Definition: Durkheim defined anomie as a state of “derangement” or “an insatiable will” resulting from insufficient social regulation of individual aspirations, often referred to as “the malady of the infinite”

1893 (The Division of Labour in Society): He originally used the concept to describe the lack of regulation and social solidarity during rapid industrialization

1897 (Suicide): He developed the concept further to explain how sudden economic or societal changes create a state of normlessness (or reduced social regulation) that increases suicide rates

❝ What you pay attention to, you become.

❝ As a big fan of manifestation since I was fifteen—when my dad’s cousin gifted me The Secret before it was trendy on the Internet—I have decided to re-read the book this month.

❝And, let me tell you something: you don’t need to believe in the law of attraction to accept one basic truth. Just like you are what you eat and who you hang out with, you are what you pay attention to.

❝ As I was going through the book, I started noticing the algorithm-inflicted thoughts being imprinted in my subconscious mind.

❝ I mean, we all know it. No matter who you are,[ALGORE-RYTHMNS] will always show you negative things—on a smaller or larger scale. Ragebait, tragedies, or constant reminders of insecurities you might actually relate to, you can never truly escape.

❝ Negativity sells. Negativity makes you pay attention, so that’s what you get.
And even though I truly believe we shouldn’t turn a blind eye to what’s happening in the world, being constantly bombarded with this kind of negativity is genuinely detrimental to our mental health.

❝ I realized that in the periods of my life when I use one social media platform more than others, I become a slightly different person. When I use X a lot, I get angrier. I start thinking negatively about everything: certain celebrities I shouldn’t care about, and trivial things that wouldn’t normally cross my mind suddenly make me feel sick.

❝When I use TikTok and Instagram a lot, I start caring more about really superficial things: trends, new clothes, celebrity gossip, and other people’s dating lives. I get horrible FOMO¹, and I feel bad about my life after seeing so many amazing travels, people visiting places I can only afford to dream about.

❝ When I go through @Substack Notes, I end up with this feeling, that is very visible in my long-form posts, of ‘Oh, fuck² the Internet. Fuck³ social media. I would much rather go to a retreat in the woods. I am a fucking⁴ intellectual [:] I forget that the world is so much more than Sylvia Plath quotes, ‘thought daughters’, and Carrie Bradshaw pictures.❞

JOHN BLUNDELL

Neurocognitive-health. 2-5 set series Quantum-relations Thematics-logic, economy, regenerative agriculture, cradle to grave primarily, essentially & urgently in 25k ‘universities’ Education-reform worldwide, ex Community Economist Publications Worldwide newsletter 1997 – 2003

¹Durkheim described how social order was maintained in societies based on two very different forms of solidarity – mechanical and organic – and the transition from more “primitive” societies to advanced industrial societies.

^{2 – 4} mental 11 year-old makes repeated references to her active sexual practices which almost completely explains why, how, when & where but not ‘who with’ or with whom in PIAGETIAN CONCRETE OPERATIONS terms she is apparently grossly & ψo-spiritually harmfully Age-inappropriately engaging