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#291 – Jonathan Haidt: The Case Against Social Media
Lex Fridman Podcast
The Revolt of the Public
There have always been conspiracy theories. The Turner Diaries is this book written in 1978. It introduced the replacement theory to a lot of people. Timothy McVay had it on him when he was captured in 1995 after the Oklahoma City bombing. And so the killer in Buffalo was well acquainted with these ideas. They've been around. But this guy's from a small town, I forget where he's from. But he says in a manifesto, he was entirely influenced by things he found online. He was not influenced by anyone he met in person. Ideas spread and communities conform. These micro communities can form with bizarre and twisted beliefs. So we can never stamp those words or ideas out.
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