Two-Step Flow Theory for Idiots (the Video)

(11/9/2023) I have 2 new deep dive essays coming out about “Labels.” 1 – that is more analytical and the 2nd more existential. This old deep dive is sort of the prequel to set these up. An old idea, but now reused in social media, called Two-Step Flow Theory. Why does it feel like everyone’s just using someone else’s already-labeled, recycled ideas? Two-Step Flow Theory might have been coined in the 1940s, but it explains so much about the influencer-driven, fake alpha, hustle bullshit culture we’re stuck in today.

Dive into how social media, podcasters, and self-proclaimed life coaches turn half-baked ideas into the "truth" that gets blindly accepted by their followers. From OnlyFans subscriptions and diet fads to political soundbites and fake life hacks, this system of trickle-down influence is dumbing us down and keeping us from thinking critically. Don’t forget, some of you supported that dumb “Hawk tuah” hack.

Our imaginations are shot—so shot, in fact, that we require everything in a movie to be seen through the lens of AI and CGI. No one wants real and/or practical anymore. They want what the advertisement says, but the products hardly exist...

Two-Step Flow Theory for Idiots - https://mineofilms.me/126-2/
by David-Angelo Mineo
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00:07:59 A/V