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We are polarized across political, religious, moral, and racial divides. We fail to communicate with each other and treat people with conflicting beliefs as our enemies. We see conquering our ideological opponents as justifying the means.
We wage information warfare, launch ad hominem attacks, make derogatory comments, lie, and sow fake news. We fail to appreciate the damage we do to the information ecosystem, so much so that there is little information we can trust.
Follow almost any discussion thread on social media or view any televised discussion or debate or read any political article to witness the utter disrespect we show for each other. There is precious little constructive disagreement.
Echo chambers and filter bubbles isolate us from the real world, distort reality, and help entrench our existing beliefs.
Furthermore, the pollution of the global information ecosystem by, for example, fake news makes it challenging to determine what is true and what is false and, in turn, makes it difficult to establish evidence for our beliefs.
Polarisation vs Democracy | Matthew Taylor (source)
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Polarization of opinions is becoming more prevalent in today’s society and is creating both unrest at the societal level as well as conflict within small groups with different views.
We wage information warfare, launch ad hominem attacks, make derogatory comments, lie, and sow fake news. We fail to appreciate the damage we do to the information ecosystem, so much so that there is little information we can trust.
Follow almost any discussion thread on social media or view any televised discussion or debate or read any political article to witness the utter disrespect we show for each other. There is precious little constructive disagreement.
Echo chambers and filter bubbles isolate us from the real world, distort reality, and help entrench our existing beliefs.
Furthermore, the pollution of the global information ecosystem by, for example, fake news makes it challenging to determine what is true and what is false and, in turn, makes it difficult to establish evidence for our beliefs.
Polarisation vs Democracy | Matthew Taylor (source)
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