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Should I Stop Speaking to My Trump-Supporting Friends?
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
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- We are living through an epidemic of mistrust, particularly here in the United States. Trust in social media and traditional media is at an all-time low. Trust in the U.S. federal government to handle problems is at a near-record low. Trust in the U.S.’s major institutions is within 2 percentage points of the all-time low. The consequences are prof... See more
from Society has a trust problem. More censorship will only make it worse. by Chris Best
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- The result is very harmful. It’s bad enough that some cable news stations and social media sites deliver only one side of the argument on many issues. But increasingly, they provide “alternative facts” that allow Americans to inhabit different realities. This leads to further polarization and to hostility toward those with whom one disagrees. It do... See more
from Howard Marks Memo - The Winds of Change by Howard Marks
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