[theconversation.com]

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“ What we’re concerned about is the fact that this information ecosystem has developed to optimize something orthogonal to things that we think are extremely important…”

we all basically watched google change from “don’t be evil” I guess, right

Control knowledge control communication of information control people.

The article says “…we could see unintended consequences of new technology contributing to phenomena such as “election tampering, disease, violent extremism, famine, racism, and war.”

Social media contributed to that stuff?

The accusers are trying too hard.. I suspect their motives.

However, as the authors have related COVID 19 to the Black Death, it might be relevant to point out the extreme differences between the two, which might not be popular, but wouldn’t even be possible nowadays with a more controlled media, i don’t think.

An uncomfortable truth is that scientists are generally gnostics, too, and will eagerly recruit ppl into their POV just like any other gnostic would, convinced of their own rectitude, and eager to silence the many other—in this case epistemological—voices that suggest a different opinion.

“Everyone on the same page” seems like a great idea though, huh?
it is a gnostic fallacy imo, a call to fascism, to build another tower that will not stand

I tend to agree with Professor Bergstrom’s conclusions. I have felt for some time that we as a species are not ready for the social network. In order to be ready we need more education, critical thinking skills, emotional intelligence, and open, yet skeptical, minds. And that’s just the beginning.