Sam Liebeskind
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product partnerships at New_Public; previously community & growth @ Geneva
Sam Liebeskind
Why Dumb Ideas Capture Smart and Successful People
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Decision making frameworks
In short, the technologies through which we see the public shape what we think the public is. And that, in turn, shapes how we behave politically and how we orient ourselves. We may end up believing - in a highly specific way - in things that we know we are ‘supposed’ to believe, given that we are Republicans or Democrats, Conservative or Labour... See more
Henry Farrell • We're Getting the Social Media Crisis Wrong
To understand exactly why this is the case, let’s consider Chesterton’s Fence, described by G. K. Chesterton himself as follows:
There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, “I don’t see the use... See more
fs.blog • Chesterton’s Fence: A Lesson in Second Order Thinking - Farnam Street
Don’t remove a fence until you’ve understood why someone put it up in the first place
Social Platform Trust & Safety
Probably fake - but shows how incomplete “verification” as a trust system is
Polis ensures that participants focus on the content of comments and the state of the conversation, because there are no direct conversations or interactions with other participants. Discussion on the platform in this sense happens at a distance, like an observer sitting on a park bench or standing on a balcony.