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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Jun 2017

      Markets don't work for everything. Truth is one place where they fail.

      38 replies 389 retweets 1,015 likes
    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Jun 2017
      Replying to @paulg

      There is a bigger market for lies than the truth, because lies are so much less constrained.

      13 replies 75 retweets 269 likes
    3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Jun 2017
      Replying to @paulg

      When the truth is boring, lies can be exciting. When the truth contradicts your beliefs, lies can confirm them.

      13 replies 125 retweets 339 likes
    4. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Jun 2017
      Replying to @paulg

      But while spreading more lies by introducing more market forces into journalism, the internet has also made it easier to find the truth.

      8 replies 47 retweets 166 likes
      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Jun 2017

      The result will be increasing knowledge inequality. The deluded and the well-informed will both become more so.

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        2. Laurens Gunnarsen‏ @MathPrinceps 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          The search for truth is time-consuming. The leisure it demands is increasingly a luxury good. And this is by no means entirely accidental.

          2 replies 6 retweets 37 likes
        3. Emanuel Rylke‏ @emareaf 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @MathPrinceps @paulg

          Being aware of your own ignorance and desire to belief gets you halfway there and doesn't require much time.

          0 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
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        1. Waleed A. Alballaa‏ @wballaa 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          "The internet tends to make smart people smarter and dumb people dumber" - Ben Casnocha

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        2. tibs‏ @tinio 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          Any ideas on how to fix? Maybe have successful companies support more journalism as a public good?

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Rob Davis‏ @robdotd 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @tinio @paulg

          Open access to research! Shared truths are derived from peer review/hive mind. Help change copyright first, then move to education piece?pic.twitter.com/78WQ2hancB

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        2. Brian Garrett-Glaser‏ @bgarrettglaser 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          Solution is 2-way street. Consumers have to realize must actively pay att'n to info being consumed, but media companies also...

          2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        3. Brian Garrett-Glaser‏ @bgarrettglaser 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @bgarrettglaser @paulg

          ...must make it easier for people to *actually understand* the news. Examples: Last Week Tonight, @waitbutwhy.

          1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
        4. Lei Gong‏ @gonglei89 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @bgarrettglaser @paulg @waitbutwhy

          Depending on the judgement of the audience isn't really a solution, since judgement of the audience is why we have problems in first place.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        5. GANDALF the GAY )*(‏ @CosmicBhodi 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @gonglei89 @bgarrettglaser and

          I don't think that's what Brian was getting at.

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        6. Lei Gong‏ @gonglei89 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CosmicBhodi @bgarrettglaser and

          I know what he was getting at, but one must consider that audiences may self select their explainers to fit their own conveniences.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        7. GANDALF the GAY )*(‏ @CosmicBhodi 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @gonglei89 @bgarrettglaser and

          Naturally. After all, we are talking about Humans choosing which Humans they prefer as interpreters of truths they already want to hear.

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        8. GANDALF the GAY )*(‏ @CosmicBhodi 27 Jun 2017
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          As a base understanding, I mean.

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        9. GANDALF the GAY )*(‏ @CosmicBhodi 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CosmicBhodi @gonglei89 and

          There aren't 16 screens of mathematics lectures at the local cineplex for this very reason.

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        2. Evan Goldfine‏ @IsThisMyMoney 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          The skill to distinguish between the truth and the more pervasive, pernicious garbage further entrenches class immobility.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        3. Evan Goldfine‏ @IsThisMyMoney 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @IsThisMyMoney @paulg

          This is an SV problem too. These are top results for YouTube "moon landing" query. You'd never work w/ anyone who thinks this a conspiracy.pic.twitter.com/E5HnVRIjyV

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        1. David Bergendahl‏ @dbrgndl 27 Jun 2017
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          What if this knowledge inequality is within each person, not between them? Everyone can be deluded on one topic, well-informed on another.

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        2. Seth Rosenberg‏ @SethGRosenberg 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          Trick is to increase the value of being well informed so utility of truth > entertainment value of lies

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