How Platforms Reshape Politics and Populism

Samo Burja joins Jim to talk about the Consilience Project: a project that aims to create positive cultural change in unique ways. They cover its founding goals & approaches, big tech's ability to amplify negative externalities, the rise of Trump, memetic noise & virality, how digital cultures change, types of articles, sense-making, meaning-making, choice-making & social norms, de-energizing & carbon accounting, unique ways the Consilience team collaborates & operates, new/upcoming articles, and much more.