I was glad to at least disrupt the de facto consensus. I agree that it’s worth bearing in mind the silent majority of the audience as well as those who actually comment. The former probably outnumber the latter by an order of magnitude (or more?).
I suppose the meta-level point was also worth conveying. Ultimately, I don’t care a great deal about the object-level point (how one should feel about a silly motivational bracelet) but the tacit, meta-level point was perhaps: “There are other ways, perhaps more useful, to evaluate things than the amount of moral indignation one can generate in response.”
You’re right.
I was glad to at least disrupt the de facto consensus. I agree that it’s worth bearing in mind the silent majority of the audience as well as those who actually comment. The former probably outnumber the latter by an order of magnitude (or more?).
I suppose the meta-level point was also worth conveying. Ultimately, I don’t care a great deal about the object-level point (how one should feel about a silly motivational bracelet) but the tacit, meta-level point was perhaps: “There are other ways, perhaps more useful, to evaluate things than the amount of moral indignation one can generate in response.”