polarization vs coexistence & cohesion
by Sam Liebeskind · updated 4mo ago
polarization vs coexistence & cohesion
- As we are fed more content, we are pushed deeper into algorithmic niches. In return, we are encouraged to engage with more extreme and polarizing identifiers because it is more labelable, more indexable by the machine — the creation of the “Island". On this island, the slang, in-jokes, and archetypes which emerge as a community develops in isolatio... See more
Sam Liebeskind added 4mo ago
Our systems, institutions, leaders and narratives about who and what we are — our lack of compassion and limited definitions of what a valued member of society is — are failing us. They have been failing us for quite some time
from Afro-Now-Ism by Stephanie Dinkins
Sam Liebeskind added 5mo ago
- Opinion: "Without leaders who, through their example and decisions, safeguard our norms and celebrate them and affirm them and reinforce them, the words on paper — the Bill of Rights, the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence — will never unite us.”"
from Opinion | How We’ve Lost Our Moorings as a Society
Sam Liebeskind added 5mo ago
“Without leaders who, through their example and decisions, safeguard our norms and celebrate them and affirm them and reinforce them, the words on paper — the Bill of Rights, the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence — will never unite us.”
Vernā Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them
Sam Liebeskind added 6mo ago
“Stare at awesome black people…because when we look at awesome folks who are black, it helps to disassociate the associations that happen automatically in our brain.“
“Walk towards your discomfort”
If a single status game becomes dominant, it breeds violence. Social fragmentation is a release valve.Sam Liebeskind added 9mo ago
1/This study suggests that global use of social media over time leads to global sorting into just two primary camps, or worldviews. If their hypothesis is correct, it has profound implications for the world in the coming years. h/t @jonathanstray https://pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2207159119... See moreSam Liebeskind added 9mo ago
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