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The Rise of Social Media Changed the Way We Judge People
The culture war is largely two armies of NPCs being ventriloquised by a handful of actual thinkers. Since we're defined by our opinions, there is a pressure to have an opinion on everything. Problem is, people generally don't have the time or the will to research everything they are expected to have an Opinion on. And so, yeah, absolutely right. How do you get someone's attention in the information jungle? Well, you make something simple. You make something extreme. There's no room for nuance on any platform, really.