The LA fires are another example of the devastating undervaluing of expertise in our post-trust society. Primitivist narratives on the Left and loss of trust in public institutions on the Right have caused both factions to lose their ability to solve problems effectively.

New paper: Do social media algorithms shape affective polarization?

We ran a field experiment on X/Twitter (N=1,256) using LLMs to rerank content in real-time, adjusting exposure to polarizing posts. Result: Algorithmic ranking impacts feelings toward the political outgroup! 🧵⬇️