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While Mr. Goldhaber said he wanted to remain hopeful, he was deeply concerned about whether the attention economy and a healthy democracy can coexist. Nuanced policy discussions, he said, will almost certainly get simplified into “meaningless slogans” in order to travel farther online, and politicians will continue to stake out more extreme positio... See more

I always enjoy it when @Noahpinion does applied history. This is a smart rumination on the possible explanations for the recent twists of the Trump 2.0 foreign policy--the trade war v. neighbors and allies, the sell-out of Ukraine, and the emollient tone towards China. https://t.co/mjiomqdmN3

Social media algorithms identify our politics and then shepherd us into a hermetically sealed bubble, framing our worldview through a window of rage and extremism.