Pendantic. Because when people correct you, you don't even have to say anything, just smile.

What could be more human than working diligently to find any reason to believe what you already wanted to believe anyway?

THAT is what is new, and THAT is what is fixable. We, as a society, made it this way, and we can make it some other way. Whether Blue Sky will end up being part of the problem or the solution, only time will tell, but I'm hopeful. (5/5)

That's not an accident. These echo chambers are engineered to hold our attention in whatever way possible (for the benefit of advertisers), and outrage and herd-mentality are great ways to do that. The social costs and political health consequences are enormous, but predictable. (4/5)

Now we get our political gut-reactions from instant snippets, engineered to appeal to us emotionally, fired off in quick succession in echo chambers that people adhere to through feelings like "This group is who I want to think of myself as," and not "These statements survive scrutiny". (3/5)

Not so long ago, most folks got their political gut-reactions from parties, or trusted institutions, or consensus at diverse social encounters, or commentators trusted for their honesty across the political spectrum. You know, those gate-keepers we freed ourselves from. (2/5)

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