The basic reason infowar tactics work at scale is that our brains are wired for evidentiary scarcity (like our metabolism is wired for scarcity of salt/sugar/fat) We seek confirmation (fragile) over disconfirmation (robust) because that’s rational in info-scarcity environments
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Reminds me of the mentality discussed in this thread about health nuts and gun ownershttps://twitter.com/AlanLevinovitz/status/968836006106497024 …
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Thanks! I have a piece based on that thread coming out soon, really appreciate your interest in it.
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