Yeah, maybe it’s less the OODA loop involvement and more that “bad things” lead to a kind of activated nervous system that predisposes us to reactive behavior (“react” as opposed to “reflect/respond”).
To me, the bad loops are more “stimulus → react without thinking” than “observe, orient, decide, act”. You end up hijacked by your reactive nervous system.
I think I know what you mean. Like the state people fall into when scrolling through TikTok or gambling on slot machines or so forth. I think the term is called “dark flow” in psychology. I feel like that’s just one facet of what you’re pointing out though. Some memes or ideologies can mind-kill you, and I think they should kind-of count as “maximizing engagement”.
“Stimulus->react without thinking” has potential, but I’m not sure where to go from here with it.
Yeah, maybe it’s less the OODA loop involvement and more that “bad things” lead to a kind of activated nervous system that predisposes us to reactive behavior (“react” as opposed to “reflect/respond”).
To me, the bad loops are more “stimulus → react without thinking” than “observe, orient, decide, act”. You end up hijacked by your reactive nervous system.
I think I know what you mean. Like the state people fall into when scrolling through TikTok or gambling on slot machines or so forth. I think the term is called “dark flow” in psychology. I feel like that’s just one facet of what you’re pointing out though. Some memes or ideologies can mind-kill you, and I think they should kind-of count as “maximizing engagement”.
“Stimulus->react without thinking” has potential, but I’m not sure where to go from here with it.