Stephanie > Status Update

Whatever that pleasurable rush is that overwhelms us is – group madness or something else – nobody wants to ruin it by facing the fact that it comes with a cost.

Something of real consequence was happening. We were at the start of a great renaissance of public shaming. After a lull of almost 180 years it was back in a big way. When we deployed shame, we were utilizing an immensely powerful tool. It was coercive, borderless, and increasing in speed and influence. Hierarchies were being leveled out. The silenced were getting a voice. It was like the democratization of justice.