Add the tendency to use false "either/or" comparisons to deflect attention or deny importance of dynamics: why it all feels so discouraging.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/806193615726845952 …
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All this, however, is fueled by the attention/click economy. False comparisons create conflict, thus a better narrative—if worse analyses.
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It's the same impulse that made media turn elections into horse-race; better drama, better readership. Online economy just accelerates this.
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-- I totally agree, and am working on a software workaround for this problem.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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