20 years ago we understood computers & internet pretty well, and basic social science hasn't changed much since then. Yet we mostly failed to predict the rise of social media. So what exactly did we get wrong then; what exactly have we learned the we didn't know then?
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Okay, they what have we learned about how norms use social media, relative to what nerds expected?
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Nerds tend to think that the purpose of communication is to impart information, while normies default to using communication for negotiating social alignment. I did not expect that social media would make people more tribal instead of less.
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In the mind of its creators the internet was was meant for augmenting Intelligence. From its principles, as interoperability, scalability and shared access it provides the infraestructure for a new level of collective intelligence. Unfortunately is polluted and misused.
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