All interactions involving people involve pushing buttons for outcomes.
Negative-connotation-Manipulation is when you do it in ways that they would not approve of it if they realized exactly what you were doing. The ice bucket challenge for example does exactly what it says on the tin—raise awareness, raise money, have social activity.
Why is it dark? Doesn’t it have to be a drawback in order to be dark? (agreed about pretentiousness=signal failure)
It’s dark because it’s manipulation. You are pushing buttons in other people’s minds to achieve a certain outcome.
All interactions involving people involve pushing buttons for outcomes.
Negative-connotation-Manipulation is when you do it in ways that they would not approve of it if they realized exactly what you were doing. The ice bucket challenge for example does exactly what it says on the tin—raise awareness, raise money, have social activity.
I disagree.
All actions have a drawback, in at least the form of opportunity costs.