Media is definitely complicit. I’m tempted by “we accept narratives uncritically when we’re cued to rage against someone,” but this isn’t a necessary motive. Even blind algorithms will feed us stories likely to make us angry! We click on those more often.
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The way we consume our news (filtered just for us, tailored to the most recent snapshot of our online activity) can only exacerbate this. News Co X isn’t competing against an adversarial narrative; its content has to be tastier than the *same* narrative presented by someone else.
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The rage cues are outcompeting one another toward refinement just as any material we could use to understand our ideological opponents is removed from view. When we do see the “enemy” talk, we’re out for blood.
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@EricRWeinstein is a national treasure for thinking and talking about this, and especially for encouraging us all to *notice our own confusion* even when the how and why aren't clear.)Show this thread
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