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Sep 29Liked by Peter Himmelman

These future scenario short stories are fun to do. Social media was supposed to be about community but became a form of unwitting collectivism, now causing a mass psychosis, including otherwise high-functioning intelligent people--not clinically neurotic but collectively neurotic.

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Right. It's the "intelligent" people that are most concerning.

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Recommended reading: Geek Love. Your story reminds me of this novel. Dystopian but not too far-fetched.

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Chilling but plausible

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