I think social media amplifies the spiral of silence effect. http://noelle-neumann.de/scientific-work/spiral-of-silence/ … by providing massive leverage to minorities with extreme opinions. Antivax is one instance. @noUpside has a great discussion of it with @SamHarrisOrg in this podcast https://youtu.be/0SXy6MsmFBc
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I wonder what could be done to make the landscape more representative without a) forcing everyone to weigh in on every subject which obviously can't scale b) without censorship
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"civilized" assumes the use of vaccines, birth control, and tolerance to all. Condolences to dead children will not help, as the humanitarian missions. It is either enforcing civilization and give up tolerance or children. Such a dilemma :(
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