{"id":66540,"date":"2024-01-21T14:50:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T19:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=66540"},"modified":"2024-01-21T14:50:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T19:50:10","slug":"davos-trust-and-the-end-of-comfortable-wolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=66540","title":{"rendered":"Davos, Trust, and the End of \u201cComfortable Wolves\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"post-header\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomluongo.me\/2024\/01\/19\/davos-trust-and-the-end-of-comfortable-wolves\/\">Davos, Trust, and the End of \u201cComfortable Wolves\u201d<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<figure class=\"post-image clear-fix\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-rowling-post-image size-rowling-post-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomluongo.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sad-dog-pbehc6f-e1533386275623.jpg?fit=759%2C313&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"759\" height=\"313\" data-attachment-id=\"4931\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomluongo.me\/poor-dog\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomluongo.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sad-dog-pbehc6f-e1533386275623.jpg?fit=759%2C313&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"759,313\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomluongo.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sad-dog-pbehc6f-e1533386275623.jpg?fit=300%2C124&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomluongo.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sad-dog-pbehc6f-e1533386275623.jpg?fit=616%2C254&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"post-inner\">\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Last fall I poked the slumbering bear of the #ungovernble set by taking extreme umbrage with calling people \u201cSheeple.\u201d For the record I absolutely detest that word.<\/p>\n<p>Instead I shot back with a very reflexive, \u201cBullshit!\u201d There are very few things that trigger me more than consigning 90% of humanity to that of herbivores orders of magnitude more stupid than my goats.<\/p>\n<p>In that frustration I coined the phrase, \u201ccomfortable wolves.\u201d Sometimes you just have what alcoholics call \u201ca moment of clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=tfl1728&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1700137619483435282&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftomluongo.me%2F2024%2F01%2F19%2Fdavos-trust-and-the-end-of-comfortable-wolves%2F&amp;partner=tfwp&amp;sessionId=d883e3fd47e9ae1bf9d27645a9bd5f1047bb7f9d&amp;siteScreenName=TFL1728&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1700137619483435282\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In most situations, public conversations reveal the truth of who we are. Twitter is a one of the best mirrors of our true personality and state of mind than anything else devised yet, in my opinion. There is such a low barrier to contracting \u2018foot-in-mouth disease\u2019 that we all pass it around like 1st graders while generally acting like them in public.<\/p>\n<p>This exchange revealed one person\u2019s nihilism and condescension as defense mechanism while it revealed my stubbornness in believing we\u2019re not all just quadriplegics in canoes headed for Niagara Falls.<\/p>\n<p>This was an idea that quickly set my little corner of Twitter on fire, with two camps emerging quickly. You never know what is going to capture people\u2019s imagination when you do this stuff for a living. But it seemed at the time that people were waiting for someone to stand up to the bullies doomporning it up all over social media and give them a little credit.<\/p>\n<p>I still don\u2019t think this idea is that far out there. Honestly, the more I think about it the more it should inspire people to action. You\u2019re not a bad person, stupid or apathetic, you\u2019re comfortable. You know it. I know it. I know what I am.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Davos, Trust, and the End of \u201cComfortable Wolves\u201d Last fall I poked the slumbering bear of the #ungovernble set by taking extreme umbrage with calling people \u201cSheeple.\u201d For the record I absolutely detest that word. Instead I shot back with a very reflexive, \u201cBullshit!\u201d There are very few things that trigger me more than consigning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,6],"tags":[193,21273,726,16963,815],"class_list":["post-66540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-geopolitics","category-liberty","tag-davos","tag-gold-goats-and-guns","tag-sheeple","tag-tom-luongo","tag-trust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66541,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66540\/revisions\/66541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}