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#329 - What Happened to the Republican Party?

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Status Quo of Social Media

Twitter's algorithm is designed to boost misinformation and outrage preferentially. If you if you've consciously created an algorithm that you can now seize boosting divisive lies faster than anything else, well, then you've built an outrage machine. Do you trust the gatekeepers when it comes to deciding what is good information versus what's bad information? The second thing is, did Trump become more potent or less potent after he was banned by Twitter,. Judging by how he's doing at the polls after a three year ban more potent.

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