In a 2017 interview, Ev Williams (the founder of Twitter), said something that has stuck with me since: “the trouble with algorithms, is that it rewards extremes. Say you’re driving down the road and see a car crash. Of course you look. Everyone looks. The internet interprets behavior like this to mean everyone is asking for car crashes, so it trie... See more

Our moral thinking is much more like a politician searching for votes than a scientist searching for truth.

Beware that many people want to be offended; outrage gives them an intoxicating sense of moral superiority. So desperate are they to be mad that they’ll actively seek out provocations online, wilfully misinterpret your words, and even imagine you said things you didn't.”

—Gurwinder Bhogal