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Team 10 Wikipedia Mixup and the Endless Internet Outrage Machine
from Kump Joins Team 10 · #78
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2 minThey joke about Team 10's targets and segue into riffing that Team 10 was originally a 1960s group of architects, then Tim discusses how the internet, unlike movies or songs, has no end to its outrage cycle.
- 27:09Tim asks who Team 10 is beating up in their pranks.
- 28:04Social media and the internet never end, unlike movies, songs, and comedy shows that have natural endpoints.
- 28:18Colin Quinn tweeted asking whether this cycle of outrage continues until people die and where it all leads.
- 28:32Tim connects the endless outrage machine to narratives of power and control, arguing it obscures how things actually work.
- 28:52People avoid learning uncomfortable truths about how governments start wars and profit from exploitation through consumer goods.
- 29:07Understanding the interconnected web of how supply chains run on blood creates stability rather than anxiety.