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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 16 Jun 2020

      In 2016 I was so worried about the increasing polarization of the US that I spent 3 months researching and writing an essay about it (http://paulgraham.com/re.html ), but even I have been surprised at how fast it has increased since then.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 16 Jun 2020

      I didn't focus much on how to decrease or mitigate polarization. I was just trying to understand the causes of it. But it's time now to start thinking about how to deal with it, or God knows what the US will look like in another 10 years.

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        2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 16 Jun 2020

          Decreasing polarization itself will not seem as exciting as dealing with the specific problems that we have polarized responses to. But it could be more important, because if we don't fix polarization, we could lose the ability to respond effectively to any other problem.

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        3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 16 Jun 2020

          So if you're the sort of person who likes to work on really important problems that other people overlook, this would be a good thing to focus on. And you'll find there's lots of room for new ideas, because we've barely begun to think about it.

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        2. Arvid 'high voltage dad' Picciani‏ @arvidep 16 Jun 2020
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          3 steps in a circle.

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        1. Benny James‏ @thickDumps 16 Jun 2020
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          High Population Democracy

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        2. Nick Walker‏ @nw3 16 Jun 2020
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          The government needs to be more about problem solving and less of an arena for ambitious people to compete for power. Maybe longer terms, more appointments, fewer elections.

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        1. Earl Kralik‏ @earlkralik 16 Jun 2020
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          Earl Kralik Retweeted James Lindsay, the Donald Trump of Intellectuals

          It might be that an opposing “long march through the institutions” is required, and that’ll take a generation or two. Alternatively, create new institutions and ignore the old ones.https://mobile.twitter.com/ConceptualJames/status/1272618580518023168 …

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          James Lindsay, the Donald Trump of Intellectuals @ConceptualJames
          Right now, we're bearing the fruits of countless people having been educated and re-educated intentionally in a critical theory project (called "critical pedagogy") that sees education and curricula as explicitly agenda-driven projects they wish to control https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-critical-pedagogy/ …
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        1. Arvid 'high voltage dad' Picciani‏ @arvidep 16 Jun 2020
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          Figure out how to help @mylifeafterhate

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