The idea that a marketplace of ideas mediated by social media will end up decanting some capital-T Truth seems pretty silly. Like, sure, people are competing in The Discourse (TM), but the market maker is actually Twitter et al. and the market made isn't one for ideas.
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Replying to @generativist
🔥Kareem Carr 🔥 Retweeted 🔥Kareem Carr 🔥
Up to my subtweeting ways as usual ...https://twitter.com/kareem_carr/status/1169751278471327745?s=21 …
🔥Kareem Carr 🔥 added,
🔥Kareem Carr 🔥 @kareem_carrIt turns out to be the case that participants in a discussion need to place a high value on the truth for a dialogue to progress toward the truth. And the truth needs to be compatible with the group’s flourishing. Otherwise the group ruptures or the truth is suppressed or both.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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