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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 Dec 2016

    One consequence of America's polarization is that we don't realize how polarized it has become.

    1:09 PM - 28 Dec 2016
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      2. I plead the FIF!‏ @foreverfire123 28 Dec 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        I think almost everyone can agree that we're too polarized. Problem is the disagreement on who's in the wrong.

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 Dec 2016
        Replying to @foreverfire123

        As a first approximation, both extremes.

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      4. I plead the FIF!‏ @foreverfire123 28 Dec 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        Agreed. We need a stronger center. Both culturally and politically.

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      2. Nick Walker‏ @nw3 28 Dec 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        would love to see you update the "Refragmentation" in the context of Brexit and Trump's win.

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 Dec 2016
        Replying to @nw3

        PS: Damn, I didn't realize it had got this bad.

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      2. Tim Bray‏Verified account @timbray 28 Dec 2016
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        put another way: bubbles are invisible from the inside.

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      1. Behave like a grown-up already!‏ @John_Chacho 28 Dec 2016
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        I think it’s only polarized on social media & other soapboxes. In the real world I’m finding reasonable people are still reasonable.

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      1. Rob Ennals‏ @robennals 28 Dec 2016
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        what do you think we should do to correct problem of polarization? Seems likely tech is part of problem. If we broke it we own it.

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      1. Reinaldo Normand‏Verified account @rnormand 28 Dec 2016
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        polarization is happening all over the world in different levels of income and cultures. Social media is likely to be causing it

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      1. Stuart G. Hall‏ @stuartgh 29 Dec 2016
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        One step away from balkanization?

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      1. Not Scott F.‏ @notscottf 28 Dec 2016
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        Twitter comments = great reminder

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      1. Phillip Levin‏ @philliplevin 28 Dec 2016
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        People are living in new-age echo chambers

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      1. Xavier Faure‏ @XFaure 28 Dec 2016
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        alternate view : US was always polarized, but opposite pole was invisible before social media

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      1. Dan Talmon‏ @dan_talmon 28 Dec 2016
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        Apparently 1&2 fail to respond Respectively to slow 3&4 manipulation 1. Frogs 2. Humans 3. Physiological 4. psychological

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      1. Henry Joseph-Grant‏Verified account @speirin 28 Dec 2016
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        its not just America, the whole world is polarised. Why can't we all just get along!

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      1. //||‏ @sebastiaanhooft 28 Dec 2016
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        same for Europe, but each seperate country still has to go through elections in the upcoming years. USA sets the example.

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