#Bandwagon Effect

[hongkongartman-mlee]

The Interplay Of 3 Theories ‘Pareto Principle’, ‘Pendulum Effect’ And ‘Spiritual Awakening’ Among The Young People: A Positive Hong Kong Future!

I am a believer of Galileo’s ‘pendulum effect’ and Pareto’s ‘80/20 rule’. I particularly believe so after the social disturbance of 2019 and COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 22 in Hong Kong.

Life swings like pendulum backward and forward: between happiness and pain, hope and frustration, and activeness and passiveness. Some said the past 4 years have been the worst time in Hong Kong since World War II. The human brain starts swinging the moment when we are down, and moves back to the position after we stand up again. Life will open up if we swing.

The ‘pendulum effect’ theory teaches us that life, as well as luck, both swing back and forth between 2 opposite extremes; and melodramatically between the hell and heaven.

The ‘80/20 rule’ lets us observe a group of the young who get the nerve to head for the sun. Ever since 2019, some young people have been complaining that Hong Kong is a society of injustice. They waited a long time without finding opportunity for any social or economic mobility. The political situation in Hong Kong made them angry. Their unfinished business was to leave Hong Kong as soon as possible.

‘No cross, no crown’. In the pessimistic world, there are however 20% young people who think differently. There are also those who swing, under the ‘pendulum effect’, from the mentality of giving up to now working hard again. During the past few years while the others just followed suit, the 20% were critical-minded and went through a process of ‘spiritual awakening’. They started to notice the light around themselves and the tunnel ahead. Real freedom of life for them became not dwelling in complaints or empty talks, and they just put courage into the head.

This group of young minorities overcame the challenge of learning how to better manage the frustration in life and the fear that Hong Kong would be doomed to fail. They roll up the sleeves, take a deep breath and run. Some bravely chase their business dreams by putting money in ‘startups’. Some proudly take care of the modest family business such as fish monger, butcher and vegetable seller without feeling diffident. Some adventurously go to the new economic zone in the Mainland ‘Greater Bay Area’ to look for ‘Tech’ jobs.

I know a few young people, in an attempt to rebuild livelihoods, swing from office job to working in construction sites and funeral parlours. Some set up small workshops to pursue their personal passion such as making leather tote bags and independent watch brands.

It was said that to be different from others is the only way to become distinguished from the common herd. Let us be glad, therefore, that we differ from one another in form and in disposition. Variety is the spice of life, and I am sure the young people are now various enough to enjoy one another’s unique realm.

There are 2 interesting findings from the statistics reports made by The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups and Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board. More and more young people agree that vocational schooling and on-the-job training are more useful than general education. An increasing number of young people want to save more money so that they can give better support to the family. What a good change!

Youth is a worthwhile phase of one’s life. It is an age to develop traits of heroism, toughness, curiosity and wisdom. There are many good reasons why young people rebel against parents and society. In fact, some rebellions later become great causes for social changes. Youth is bold. But soon, some will learn and become leaders of tomorrow. We must become introspective, involving our own youth to try to understand the youth presently before us. The youth before us will swing between 2 values. The 20% will surely awaken during the journey of life and let go of fear and anger when the 80% are still un-alert. A writer said, “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”

You saw Hong Kong and asked, “Why?” The important 20% now see Hong Kong and exclaim, “Why not?” Hong Kong is actually full of beauty, apart from her ugly sides. This is however what all big cities in the world are like. A small group of people now fight for dreams when the majorities may be still going the ‘goblin mode’. I am nevertheless optimistic that they will change too.

People do something primarily because other people are doing it, regardless of their own beliefs. When the strong ‘bandwagon effect’ led by the critical 20% takes place as the force of locomotion, Hong Kong will transform…

Maurice Lee

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[averycanadianfilm]

Bandwagon effect: The bandwagon effect is the term used to describe the tendency for people to adopt certain behaviors, styles, or attitudes simply because others are doing so. More specifically, it is a cognitive bias by which public opinion or behaviours can alter due to particular actions and beliefs rallying amongst the public. It is a psychological phenomenon whereby the rate of uptake of beliefs, ideas, fads and trends increases with respect to the proportion of others who have already done so. As more people come to believe in something, others also "hop on the bandwagon" regardless of the underlying evidence.

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[master-gatherer]

[dumyhead]

pov: u stink

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[lukewarmsnakepiss]

pomni!

[reesdomain]

They crackin on her for this but she’s right??? Talking about “NumBErs” but we worried about impact. Plus Tris and Four’s relationship trumped every dystopian relationship/situationship from that era. I’m sorry😭

If they would’ve just stuck as close as possible to the books (which I’m not sure why straying from the source material was ever a thing as it only fits in selective circumstances) they trilogy would have been perfect. Hunger games became a little constipated for me after a while. But divergent, especially the first one, was a moment for younger me.

[technicallyaminecraftsimp]

Hmmmmm. Guys I gotta be honest all the mlp infections aus going around everywhere got me thinking. I might be trying to cook one up too,,,,,, uh oh

[zakurohampter]

I bet the Josh wine people are screaming and crying of joy rn

[jentrevellan]

So some months were better than others… heh.

Just want to say a massive thanks for everyone’s support this year. Whether it be likes, re blogs, comments, follows, commissions or donations; your support means the world and motivates me to continue to do what I do and improve!

[allpromarlo]

god bless pat mahomes jalen hurts and justin herbert they would NEVER do this shit to me

[olyve-oyle]

The closest thing I get to deconstructing my internalized homophobia is defending Green Day to my parents even though I also don't really like Green Day

[gauntletqueen]

Hi Zoey. Asking from a place of ignorance, could you please explain why Threads is dogshit?

Threads is the Hot New Garbagedump by Certified Scum Of The Earth and Facebook/Meta owner Zuckerburg. It is like if twitter was even worse.

There is ONLY a For You page, meaning you can never just see the posts from your followed accounts who, yknow, you followed for the purpose of seeing their posts.You can't see those. you have to see the algorithm's posts ONLY. You also require an instagram to get full access to all the features like Posting Images. You need a separate social media account to properly access this new social media. And once you've done so, the only way to delete your Threads account, is to delete you instagram account. The Whole Thing. For Some Fucking Reason. Not to mention, obviously since it's zuckerburg, the thing syphons your personal information like crazy, worse still than twitter.

Like ALL your data. as much as it can get. (Love that it says "Other Data" btw. Nice subtle way of saying "whatever else we want") ALSO wouldn't you know it? It's fucking banned in the EU because it violates a bunch of fucking privacy laws!! So it's DEFINITELY not safe to use!

It is as predatory and exploitative as can be, created by someone that we collectively agreed Sucks Shit and Has No Empathy For Human Life and Individuality, and nobody should be touching it with a ten foot pole let alone sign up for it. Not even to test the waters or because it's where everyone is heading, or to see how bad it is for yourself. It doesn't matter if you're joining to get an account ready in case the platform ends up the new big thing. You're feeding the statistics. Even if you're not using that account, Zuckerburg can show the number of signups to shareholders and investors to prove to them that it's viable. Instead of jumping on the bandwagon in case it succeeds, inform people why they shouldn't join, to reduce its chance of success! It's like strikes and protests; The more of us get the word out, the more effective it'll be!

[consolecadet]

Big news: Google has lost its first antitrust case. Via Matt Stoller:

So what happens now? In this case, the judge will come up with remedies next year. The order could be broad, and will likely loosen Google’s control over the mobile app ecosystem. Google has already announced that it will appeal, so the case isn’t over.

That said, Google is likely to be in trouble now, because it is facing multiple antitrust cases, and these kinds of decisions have a bandwagon effect. The precedent is set, in every case going forward the firm will now be seen as presumed guilty, since a jury found Google has violated antitrust laws. Judges are cautious, and are generally afraid of being the first to make a precedent-setting decision. Now they won’t have to. In fact, judges and juries will now have to find a reason to rule for Google. If, say, Judge Amit Mehta in D.C., facing a very similar fact-pattern, chooses to let Google off the hook, well, he’ll look pretty bad.

[naturalkiss]

Bandwagon effect (The Effect of Sheep Flock = Herd Behavior/ Mentality) is a phenomenon where people tend to adopt certain behaviors, beliefs, or trends because they believe that many others are doing so, regardless of their personal beliefs.

樂隊花車效應=從眾效應（羊群效應）是一種現象，人們傾向於採用某種行為，信仰或趨勢，因為他們相信許多其他人都���這樣做，而不管他們的個人信仰如何。比喻人都有一種從眾心理，從眾心理很容易導致盲從，而盲從往往會陷入騙局或遭到失敗。

Halo effect is a cognitive bias where a person’s overall impression of someone or something influences their evaluation of specific traits or characteristics.

光環效應： 從一個傑出的個性特徵的感知中，對整個個性進行過度有利的評估的概括。換句話說：當你對一個人的某種品質留下非常好的印象後，在這種印象的影響下，你還會對這個人的其他品質也給予較好的評價。

Horn effect is a cognitive bias where a person’s overall perception of someone or something is negatively influenced by a single negative trait or aspect.

尖角效應：指一個人或物品的負面特徵影響了整個印象，使人們對其整體評價產生負面影響。

[cheaphousespending]

Bandwagon effect: Why people want to follow the crowd

Does it make sense to just follow the crowd? Well, sometimes it could end up leading you to make bad decisions, just because everyone else thinks it is a good idea. The bandwagon effect is a cognitive bias where people adopt certain behaviors, styles, or attitudes simply because others are doing so. It is due to humans being a social species where it makes sense to be part of the group, and…

[txttletale]

NOT asking this as a gotcha, I'm 100% sincere, can you point to pieces of AI art that you feel are interesting uses of the medium? Because I'm not philosophically opposed to it, but at the same time I've never seen anything that wasn't naked bandwagon shilling by the same people who pushed NFTs

sure! i think a classic of the medium is secret horses

(i sadly don't know who made it, but i've seen it around and fallen in love). this is everything AI art should be, imo, taking advantage of the liminal dreamlike quality of the medium and using titling and framing to say something about the piece that wouldn't exist if it was presented on its own. secret horses...

my favourite band, everything everything, released an album last year that made use of AI generation, both for the album's art and for small portions of the lyrics (interestingly, they've refused to say which lyrics are AI written and which are human written, which adds another layer of intrigue to me -- the only lyric that they've confirmed is AI generated is the title of 'software greatman', which forms the haunting, powerful chorus of the song that gets deconstructed into electronic incoherence. other highlights include the album art, part burning skyscape, part incomprehensible machine. what is the machine? is it a camera? a monitor? a train? does it matter?

and finally from this album cycle i adore the hallucinogenic exuberance of their video for i want a love like this:

in terms of dedicated artists working primarily within the AI medium, i'm a huge fan of @reachartwork, a really innovative artist who keeps blowing me away with evocative and interesting pieces and pioneer in ethical and cooperative AI art techniques. i'm an especially big fan of their grotesque and uncomfortable 'tooth machine' series:

as well as their desolate, bleak, alien landscapes:

(hole in the sky / river lethe )

and their project, the @infiniteartmachine, a model that produces art based upon algorithmically generated prompots -- effectively a long-term art piece.

finally, i'm a very very big fan of @roborosewater-masters, a bot that makes AI-created magic the gathering cards. this might not parse as 'art' to some people, or be interesting to analyze as such, but to me, someone obsessed with games and game studies, i think that the mix of synctactically correct magic the gathering rules text and abrupt non sequitur makes for really striking and funny pieces that prompt me to think about what the limits of games and gaming are

these are just the artists and pieces i can name off the top of my head, but i hope that they're representative of what generative art has to offer when it's not being done by grifters chasing the lowest common denominator.