Yes, there should be a gap between “what is legal” and “what is socially approved”, and promoting uncivilized ways of life should be in that gap.
The problem is that “socially approved” is a function of the society and there are a lot of those. “Socially approved” in Black Rock City means something very different from “socially approved” in Salt Lake City.
I guess the mass media used to synchronize the society at least approximately (what behavior is portrayed as “socially approved” in the soap operas), but that mechanism may be dead these days.
Interesting. This implies that there is/was a historically short period of time when mass media was able to sync up most everyone. Before that time societies were stratified (e.g. by classes, see feudalism, each with quite different “socially approved” standards) and after that time societies are re-fragmenting into small pieces/bubbles.
The problem is that “socially approved” is a function of the society and there are a lot of those. “Socially approved” in Black Rock City means something very different from “socially approved” in Salt Lake City.
I guess the mass media used to synchronize the society at least approximately (what behavior is portrayed as “socially approved” in the soap operas), but that mechanism may be dead these days.
Interesting. This implies that there is/was a historically short period of time when mass media was able to sync up most everyone. Before that time societies were stratified (e.g. by classes, see feudalism, each with quite different “socially approved” standards) and after that time societies are re-fragmenting into small pieces/bubbles.
The ultimate Schelling point of human culture—Hollywood.
A temporary Schelling point.
The ultimates, being biologically hardwired, tend to stay the same: food, warmth, sex, company.