#politics
# politics
Yes, being a professional asshole is now a viable career option. Which is awful news for online discourse.
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One virus, at just the right time, and with just the right virulence, managed to expose every weakness of our society.
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New laws in the UK and U.S. are giving bad actors the power to blackmail critics and silence dissent under the guise of protecting kids.
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Our world is changing rapidly. Our culture, leaders, systems, and worldviews? Not so much. And this is becoming a downright apocalyptic problem.
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When anything done in good faith and boring competence always get a negative spin, why bother trying to help or inform anyone?
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Turns out that if you really want to understand the far right mindset, you should listen to fewer TV pundits and start reading H.P. Lovecraft instead.
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A number of studies shows how politics and social media often bring out the worst in us, and how being confronted with face to face discussions often bring out the best.
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If you care about what else the platform you use to create and publish hosts, and start doing you research, what you'll find will usually be disturbing.
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Science is giving us a better, more complete look at how extremists think, why they refuse to listen to reason, and how to prevent their self-radicalization.
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Under the banner of protecting kids, the United States may end up censoring vast swaths of the internet and openly spy on your browsing habits.
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Many of us are living in a dystopian future, but realizing that fact and making changes to fix it are much more difficult than it sounds.
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Organized skepticism was once covered in every major publication around the world. Why did it seemingly vanish overnight? And what damage did its implosion leave behind?
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A far right militia butting into wildfire cleanup efforts is a dark sign of things to come if we don't fight the climate crisis.
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Today the world seems like it's suddenly unraveling. But experts have been warning us this day would come for many decades.
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Incels may have popularized the idea of being blackpilled, but now existential surrender is the dangerous new hotness in all corners of social media.
