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  alb_d  commented on  2019-10-12

I see this as an improvement to the ingroup-outgroup theory in the sense that it is trying to explain similar effects. Even if you take just our group(which is a small sample I agree) the fact that the ones whom I would consider to be most non-conformist also tend to be Right. That seems more than coincidence to me. And this theory explains that.

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  hoperyto  commented on  2019-10-24

Yeah, will see this pattern along a lot of other dimensions too. Non-conformist high fashion people setting trends by dressing like people two level's down. Non-conformist highly technical people using old-school tools and low-tech gadgets etc.

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  alb_d  commented on  2019-10-24

Didn't think of the highly technical people using low tech gadgets example. that's a good one.

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  greymithril  commented on  2021-04-26

This is brilliant. Ideas & phenomena come in cycles, and Girard's mimetic theory explains how ideas & phenomena get diffused.

Something similar is also observed in marketing in general. In social networks, the trend is set up by folks in the prime of their youth: 18-24. Every other age group tries to follow the younger group. For example, in the case of photosharing social apps:

Trendsetters in GenZ set the fashion trend. These trendsetters now use Dispo (Live in the Moment, Photos come next day!)

Peers of GenZ trendsetters are one step behind and will imitate shortly. GenZ folks currently use Snapchat (Share photos instantaneously)

GenY will imitate GenZ and are two steps behind. Currently, GenY folks use Instagram (Share photos after carefully editing for capturing memories. #InstagramFilters #Throwback)

GenX will imitate GenY and are three steps behind. Currently, GenX and older use Facebook. (Share photos) As uncles and aunties adopt Facebook, younger generations want to move on. GenY has moved from Facebook and stopped using it.

As GenY has started adopting Snapchat, GenX moves on and stops using it

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  alb_d  commented on  2021-04-27

Interesting interpretation where the age group replaces the social class hierarchy.

Curious to see any examples of people in the low age group imitating people way older. Scot refers to ghetto fashion like torn clothes etc. What would be equivalent examples in social networks?

So something that very old people and very young people are doing. But people in the middle cannot do it because they would then be mistaken for the older folks.

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  greymithril  commented on  2021-05-10

Seoul now at the forefront of tech/trends?
Korea >> Japan?

K-Pop & Hip Hop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HerU6Gzn_O4

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  greymithril  commented on  2021-05-10

Seoul now at the forefront of tech/trends?
Korea >> Japan?

K-Pop & Hip Hop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HerU6Gzn_O4

Story of BTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Tc_Y2U0Tg

Mukbang | Eatcast
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukbang

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  greymithril  commented on  2021-10-12

E-Sports | BTS | K-Pop | Metaverse

Interesting Drinking Games

BTS Fashion Show | Louis Vitton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=KsH_V0D4PyA

Squid Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqxAJKy0ii4

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  greymithril  commented on  2021-11-10

Seoul will be the first city government to join the metaverse
https://qz.com/2086353/seoul-is-developing-a-metaverse-government-platform/

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  greymithril  commented on  2021-11-25

BTS Game | Netmarble
https://btsw.netmarble.com/en/home

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  greymithril  commented on  2021-12-14

BTS Army Bomb Light Stick

https://btsmerchshop.org/product/bangtan-boys-army-bomb-light-stick-map-of-the-soul-special-edition/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkRKZLUwWkc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xorUCuvpKY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR7ksHznHFc

Fanlight
http://fanlight.co.kr/

https://www.lumen.world/
How might we immerse people in shared alternate realities without using headsets?

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  greymithril  commented on  2021-12-19

Coldplay X BTS - My Universe (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YqPKLZF_WU

I guess I should do a blog post on the S. Korea- BTS- metaverse theme sometime

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  greymithril  commented on  2021-12-19

Coldplay X BTS - My Universe (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YqPKLZF_WU

I guess I should do a blog post on the S. Korea- BTS- metaverse theme sometime

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  greymithril  commented on  2021-12-19

https://www.matthewball.vc/all/what-is-an-entertainment-company-and-why-does-the-answer-matter

"Riot also “operates” a virtual K-pop girl group composed of LoL heroes that has already topped Billboard global streaming charts on two occasions, and the squad’s first music video hit 100MM views on YouTube in a single month (and is approaching 450MM today)"

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  greymithril  commented on  2021-12-19

Madison Beer

Riot LoL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOxkGD8qRB4

Sony- Boundless VR concert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm_1PWZoW_I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sx6wYt1Zbc

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  alb_d  commented on  2019-10-21

This also explains things like why we don't hesitate to travel in express train general class. A typical middle class Indian would never travel in general. According to this theory its because we have no doubt that we will be considered as part of the lower class even if we travel in general. But for someone in middle class the risk is real. If others see him travelling in general they would conclude he doesn't have enough money. For us, people would conclude we are just crazy.

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  alb_d  commented on  2021-05-13

@debo also why we prefer a village or a city but not town to live in. In a village, no one would confuse us with a villager. So, the village ways are fashionable since it's two levels deep.

As a corollary, say you want to practice the Seneca advice of trying out poverty for a month. Maybe the thing to try out would be a middle-class lifestyle (one layer below) instead of complete austerity (multiple layers below) since then the fashionableness and novelty would counter the withdrawal symptoms and make it actually fun.

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  hoperyto  commented on  2021-05-15

Agree with the village/city over town being more fashionable. It's also more interesting. 1 Level away seems boring/known. 2 Level out seems novel and interesting.

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  hoperyto  commented on  2021-05-15

A little context for the corollary:
The goal is confidence in your ability to wean yourself from luxuries. This allows enjoying them without getting trapped by lifestyle inflation. The proposed test to validate this was the above Seneca advice.

So your claim in the corollary being, test living with complete austerity for a short-period, think you can be do it, actually start living austerely, realize you were only able to do it as the novelty was masking the withdrawal? 🤔

Shouldn't the novelty wear off if this is done on a recurring basis?
If not, would it sustain for long periods of austere living too? If you find it fashionable and novel over a long period, maybe that's fine than?

Also not sure if middle class living would help gain confidence in your austere living capabilities. Need to make the implementation more concrete before I can properly visualize the effects of this.

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  alb_d  commented on  2021-05-13

"Vintage is fashion. Everything old is new again. The mom-jean silhouette harks to the 1980s (boomers wore them!), and before that, the 1950s. Flared jeans were a late-'90s millennial thing, when teens were getting fashion inspiration from the late '60s and '70s. In the late '00s, there was resistance to skinny jeans, which were a throwback to the Beatniks of the '50s and early '60s. Eventually, millennials embraced them tighter than denim on a leg."

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  greymithril  commented on  2023-05-20

What's currently influencing and at the same time reflecting culture- Discord.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBvrq1ntFKY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAXDxug-1B4

https://discord.com/
https://www.doodles.app/
https://baytobreakers.com/