Are a Few People Ruining the Internet for the Rest of Us?
That experiment failed. Humanity does not want to be a global hive mind. We are not rational Bayesian updaters who will eventually reach agreement; when we receive the same information, it tends to polarize us rather than unite us. Getting screamed at and insulted by people who disagree with you doesn’t take you out of your filter bubb
... See moreNoah Smith • The Internet Wants to Be Fragmented
Fourth, because of the way the algorithms work, these sites make you angry a lot of the time. Scientists have been proving in experiments for years that anger itself screws with your ability to pay attention.
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The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
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