God bless you and keep you from harm, this day and forever.
Shills
Your work has been - shall we say - lackluster.
Please watch this motivational video by one of the greatest shills; Admiral McRaven, and be sure to read the comments.
Ever been part of "the wave" at a sporting event? Stood up at a show or event and applauded because others were applauding without knowing much about who, why or what the applause was for? Or remained in your seat, when every other member of the audience stood applauding? We need humility, it is foundational to understanding.
It is trivial to exploit our human propensity for imitation and conformity to create and propagate beliefs and behaviors (fads, trends, crazes) in a culture for marketing purposes or for social control. It's a commonsense observation that such phenomenon, ripe for exploitation, are used by individuals and interested in directing our collective attention and the future course of human psychological, social and economic development.
Pop culture is not the organic phenomena it appears, but an engineered cultural medium to permit rapid introduction and transmission of fads, trends and propagation of conditioned consumer purchasing behavior. It is trivial to exploit our human propensity for imitation to induce belief and enforce conformity for marketing purposes or for social control. It's an equally commonsense observation that well known properties of our information systems, ripe for exploitation, are used by individuals and groups interested to directing our collective attention and controlling the future course of human psychological, social and economic development.
Cultures where commerce controls media content and where art is used to sell consumer goods have the power to engineer psychological operations which induce delusions and powerful contagious mental illness; collective insanities or psychogenic illnesses. Historical incidents and many of the known forms of contagious psychogenic illness are described in "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" by Mackay, a book which every parent should read and summarize for their children to insure they understand.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24518
In recent years, we have seen mysterious maladies proliferate. Recently, American and European psychologists have been tracking the blue whale game, the momo challenge, and news stories written in a fashion calculate to prompt individuals susceptible to suggestion to huff wasp spray.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/momo-challenge-hoax/583825/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Whale_Challenge