MACRO –SYMBOLIC INTERACTION 2.0 / WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS THAT EVERYONE KNOWS/ COMMON KNOWLEDGE

Abstract/ Common knowledge strongly suggests that everyone probably knows that everyone knows through shared interaction. The interaction due to technology allows the individual to be almost anywhere in the social structure. Many adults know when to self censor. Common knowledge helps social coordination. This knowledge can be an overall positive or negative impact to the individual and/or wider society.

INTRODUCTION

Dr. Steven Pinker has created another outstanding book. In his latest , this knowledge must be known by everyone. Thus, he is describing personal knowledge that everyone should know. JFK was killed. Who did it? That, we will discuss some other time. So, common knowledge arrives to most folks in a short time. Most polls show that a high percentage of citizens think it was conducted by two or more people. However, most talk about it. Later. They finally got tired of all the discussion and self censor themselves about that historic mystery.

Do you remember the fable of the king who wore no clothes? Now, this is the story. There was an insecure and vain king. The professional tailor wanted to make the very best ever worn by a monarchy. In every strategy, they finally gave up. So the tailor(s) indicated that the only ones that could see his new clothes were the rich and the intelligentsia. At any rate the lower classes opinion was not valued. So, not everyone can at first know what the others were thinking. Further, lower echelons “knew” that there could be trouble if they said something. We are not talking about from ignorance to competent. Rather we are talking about social skills.

As he is walking down the street, most kept their mouths shut or indicated their verbal approval. Some kid exclaimed “that the king didn’t have any clothes on! “

From a ripple of sounds to a full authentic burst of laughter they indicated in their own way that the king had been swindled or fooled. The king quickly lost his title.

Pinker describes how complex, but understandable that ”Everyone knows that everyone knows.” After that principal of knowledge comes social coordination. So. one sees on television, that Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald. That’s it. Maybe.

DISCUSSION

Macro Symbolic Interaction has been discussed before in my article,1/ Other variables include Social construction,Marcro labeling, Articial intelligence,Mass Communication/ Multi-culturalism, Social media